04-12-2008

Holland's Christine in pre-production

By Katarzyna Grynienko
    Agnieszka Holland is in preproduction with Christine, based on the life of Krystyna Skarbek, a Pole who Winston Churchill called most prominent female agent during World War II.
    Filming is scheduled for June and August 2009 in Europe and Africa. The movie is an international co-production between Poland, Germany, France, England, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Poland is represented by SPI International Polska with Rafał Buks as the producer. The title's total budget is estimated at €10 million with PLN 1 million (€260,000) financing from the Polish Film Intitute (www.pisf.pl).

    Credits:
    Director:Agnieszka Holland
    Script: Dominik Wieczorkowski-Rettinger
    Production company: SPI International Polska

    SPI International Polska Sp. z o.o.
    ul. Tyniecka 38 A, 02-621 Warsaw
    tel.: (022) 854 03 37, 646 20 36
    fax: (022) 848 45 70
    e-mail: spi (at) spi.pl