The Wind That Shakes the Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.

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In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

Details

Running Time
127 min
Release Date
23/06/2006
Popcorn Rating
2.5
Budget
$6,500,000
Box Office Revenue$22,900,000

Credits

Director

Ken Loach

Writer

Cinematography

Barry Ackroyd

Editor

Jonathan Morris

Cast

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy

Damien

Pádraic Delaney

Pádraic Delaney

Teddy

Liam Cunningham

Liam Cunningham

Dan

Orla Fitzgerald

Orla Fitzgerald

Sinead

Mary O'Riordan

Mary O'Riordan

Peggy

Mary Murphy

Mary Murphy

Bernadette

Laurence Barry

Laurence Barry

Micheail

Damien Kearney

Damien Kearney

Finbar

Production Details

Production Companies

Sixteen FilmsElement PicturesBIM ProduzioneTornasol MediaFilmstiftung Nordrhein-WestfalenTVEPathe

Additional Studios

Matador PicturesRegent CapitalEMC

Production Countries

GermanyIrelandItalySpainUnited Kingdom

Languages

EnglishIrishLatin

Original Language

English

Ratings

PPrepo
2.5
sscorcaesar
2.5
SSBackflip
3
PPaliago
2
Average Score
2.5