Winter of the Crow

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The Winter of the Crow
Directed by	Kasia Adamik
Screenplay by	Sandra Buchta
Based on	Professor Andrews Goes to Warsaw by Olga Tokarczuk
Produced by	Olga Chajdas Stanislaw Dziedzic Katarzyna Ozga Nicolas Steil Sam Taylor
Starring	Lesley Manville Tom Burke
Cinematography	Tomasz Naumiuk
Production companies	Wild Mouse Production Film Produkcja Iris Productions & Film Music Entertainment Ltd
Countries	Poland Sweden Germany United Kingdom
Language	English

Winter of the Crow is an upcoming film starring Lesley Manville and Tom Burke. Directed by Kasia Adamik, with Sandra Buchta adapting the short story Professor Andrews Goes to Warsaw by Olga Tokarczuk.

Premise

A visiting academic (Manville) is in Cold War-era Warsaw as the country enters martial law in 1981. ^[1]

Cast

Lesley Manville as Dr Joan Andrews
Tom Burke
Zofia Wichłacz
Andrzej Konopka

Production

A adaptation of the 1998 short story by Olga Tokarczuk entitled Professor Andrews Goes to Warsaw, the film production was announced in July 2020 with the title Winter of the Crow. Funding was received from the Polish Film Institute and was announced as a Polish, Swedish and German co-production. Kasia Adamik was set as director with Sandra Buchta adapting the screenplay.^[2] In 2022, additional funding was granted by the UK Global Screen Fund.^[3]^[4]

Principal photography took place in Luxembourg in late 2023. Filming took place in Bristol, England in January 2024, under the working title The Lecture with Lesley Manville and Tom Burke reportedly part of the cast.^[5] The cast also includes Zofia Wichłacz and Andrzej Konopka. Filming took place in Warsaw in January 2024. The film is produced by Olga Chajdas, Stanislaw Dziedzic, Katarzyna Ozga, Nicolas Steil, and Sam Taylor for production companies Wild Mouse Production, Film Produkcja, Iris Productions & Film and Music Entertainment Ltd.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Ritman, Alex (January 30, 2024). "Lesley Manville to Star in Cold War Thriller 'Winter of the Crow,' HanWay Launching Sales". Variety. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
^ "Olga Tokarczuk's story to be brought to the screen as "The Winter of the Crow"". Instytutksiazki.pl. July 20, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
^ "UK Global Screen Fund backs further 14 international co-productions". BFI. November 21, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
^ Dalton, Ben (November 21, 2022). "UK Global Screen Fund unveils £2.2m co-production funding". Screen Daily. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
^ Cork, Tristan (January 18, 2024). "Badgerline bus reappears in Bristol - to take film crew to 1981 Poland". Bristol Post. Retrieved January 18, 2024.

External links

Winter of the Crow at IMDb

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