Winter of the Crow

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.

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. In 2022, additional funding was granted by the UK Global Screen Fund.

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. 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.