The Wind That Shakes the Barley poster

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

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

20062h 7mDramaWar
7.3

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941 votes

Trailer

Official Trailer · plays on YouTube

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Synopsis

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.

Directed by
Ken Loach
Written by
Paul Laverty

Cast

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy

Damien

Pádraic Delaney

Pádraic Delaney

Teddy

Liam Cunningham

Liam Cunningham

Dan

Orla Fitzgerald

Orla Fitzgerald

Sinead

MA

Mary O'Riordan

Peggy

MA

Mary Murphy

Bernadette

LA

Laurence Barry

Micheail

Damien Kearney

Damien Kearney

Finbar

Frank Bourke

Frank Bourke

Leo

MY

Myles Horgan

Rory

MA

Martin Lucey

Congo

Aidan O'Hare

Aidan O'Hare

Steady Boy

Shane Casey

Shane Casey

Kevin

JO

John Crean

Chris

MÁ

Máirtín de Cógáin

Sean

Keith Dunphy

Keith Dunphy

Terence

Details

Released
June 23, 2006
Runtime
2h 7m
Status
Released
Language
EN
Country
Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain
Budget
$6,500,000
Box office
$22,903,165

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