Henryk Bąk Movies

A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.

After a disaster in the mine, Łopot, a technician, protects the perpetrator. He soon faces a moral dilemma.

A young poet is hired to boost the morale of water pump workers.

Based on a true story of Polish submarine "Orzel" (The Eagle): September 1939, "Orzel" is coming to Estonian neutral harbor in Tallin. Under pressure...

Pernat finds himself in a police interrogation, accused of a murder, and unable to recall any details of the crime, or even his own life. He's...

Jacenty is nearing the end of his days. However, he wants to go on his own terms, bargaining until the very end.

After graduating from maritime school, Marek goes on his first voyage.

Told in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo recounts how the revered leader extended Poland's...

A coming of age story about fourteen years old Yurek, his adventures during the vacations and his first love.

Originally, Munk intended Eroica to be a triptych with Con bravura being the first part, but he ultimately gave up on this film, deeming it weaker...

An old worker secures the future of his steel mill during the war.

Reproduction of the Nuremberg trials using transcripts, made for Polish TV.

Study of a man obsessively seeking revenge.

Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW...

Two boys set out by train from Kraków to the seaside but lose their travel money and decide to continue their journey “for a...

The final months of World War II. The fate of a young girl, Second Lieutenant Horak, and an experienced frontline officer, Lieutenant Colonel Kaszyba.

A young peasant girl, Antonina, emigrates for bread to Canada. She stays with her uncle, who offers her marriage, but Antonina does not accept the...

Fall 1925. Six hundred officers demonstrate in front of Józef Piłsudski’s country house in Sulejówek, demanding the...

Three stories about life problems, each rooted in contemporary reality through newspaper reports and a “Polityka” magazine survey,...

After WWII a soldier returns to his Polish homeland from Scotland.