Winter of the Crow Screening
A British academic finds herself trapped in Warsaw during a violent protest, and a deadly game of espionage ensues. The film, based on a short story by Nobel Prize-winning author Olga Tokarczuk, will be screened at the Electric Palace Hastings.
Dir: Kasia Adamik
Cast: Lesley Manville, Zofia Wichłacz, Andrzej Konopka, Sascha Ley, Tom Burke, Rhianne Barreto, Joanna Hole, Julian Nest
112 mins · 2026 · Poland, United Kingdom, Luxembourg · Cert 15 · English, Polish
Rotten Tomatoes 95%
Awards: 1 nomination total
In a city turned into a prison overnight, a visiting British professor becomes embroiled in a rebellion against the Soviet-backed government.
What is the film about? The film Winter of the Crow is set in Warsaw, 1981, where martial law has been imposed, and a British academic, Joan Andrews, finds herself caught up in a violent protest and a subsequent murder by the secret police. She captures evidence of the crime on her Polaroid camera and becomes a target herself.
Who made the film and who stars in it? The film is directed by Kasia Adamik and stars Lesley Manville, Tom Burke, and Zofia Wichłacz, among others. It is based on a short story by Olga Tokarczuk and written by Kasia Adamik, Lucinda Coxon, and Sandra Buchta.
What kind of film is it and how was it received? The film is a drama thriller, 112 minutes long, with a certificate 15 rating, and it will be screened on Wednesday, 30 December 2026, at the Electric Palace Hastings, Hastings. Tickets are on sale. The film has received a 95% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes and has one award nomination. Viewers have noted that while the film has a gripping plot, it lacks substance and depth in its characters and context.
What viewers say
CinemaSerf · 6/10
Glasnost hadn't quite got to General Jaruzelski's Poland, even if Lech Walesa's "Solidarity" movement was already shaking the communist regime by 1981. That's where the slightly aloof psychology professor "Andrews" (Lesley Manville) is headed to give a lecture at a university. Barely has she started her presentation, though, when it is hijacked by some protesting students - and that's just the start of her unexpected exposure to a rebellion in…
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