Winter of the Crow

Dir: Kasia Adamik, UK/Poland, 2026, Drama/Thriller.
Lesley Manville, Melissa Dalton, Rhianne Barreto, Tom Burke.
In English and Polish with English subtitles.
"Winter of the Crow is a fascinating, smart Cold War thriller… Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread, The Crown) plays Professor Joan Andrews, a British professor who comes to Poland in the mid-80s to give a lecture… The next morning, her world is turned upside down as martial law is declared, tanks invade, and her hosts are nowhere to be found.  She witnesses a political murder and is forced to go on the run in the brutal winter, without speaking the language, and with no one to turn to for help… I’m far more interested in spy movies where the intrigue, deception, and double-crossing are the focus, where the hero never quite knows who their friends are, or exactly how they are going to survive. Winter of the Crow is closest to that sophisticated version of the genre, but takes it up a notch… With women in all writing roles, as director, and serving as the two leads, the result is a fresh and authentic take.  It is something we’ve never quite seen before on screen, and it breathes new life into a venerable genre… The direction of Winter of the Crow is top-notch.  Kasia Adamik, who grew up in that era in Poland, is revisiting events from her childhood.  But she’s brought to it an adult sensibility that is thrilling, deep, and entertaining. She’s made a Cold War thriller for the ages." - Andy Howell, Film Threat

Genre: Thriller

Runtime: 112 min

Rating: 14A