
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
7.3|23 Jun, 2006|127 min
War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.
7.3|23 Jun, 2006|127 min
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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.
Language
Budget$6,500,000
Revenue $22,900,000
Gaeilge,
Latin,
English
Budget$6,500,000
Revenue $22,900,000
Keywords
guerrilla warfare
civil war
sibling relationship
england
underground
resistance
peace
independence
traitor
mercenary
british army
british empire
dublin, ireland
irish civil war (1922-23)
historical fiction
ira (irish republican army)
ireland
colonialism
irish history
irish
depressing
Casts

Cillian Murphy
Damien

Pádraic Delaney
Teddy

Liam Cunningham
Dan

Orla Fitzgerald
Sinead
Mary O'Riordan
Peggy
Mary Murphy
Bernadette
Laurence Barry
Micheail

Damien Kearney
Finbar

Frank Bourke
Leo
Myles Horgan
Rory
Martin Lucey
Congo

Aidan O'Hare
Steady Boy

Shane Casey
Kevin
John Crean
Chris
Máirtín de Cógáin
Sean

Keith Dunphy
Terence
Kieran Hegarty
Francis
Gerard Kearney
Donacha
Shane Nott
Ned
Kevin O'Brien
Tim
Gary McCarthy
Volunteer
Tim O'Mahon
Volunteer
Graham Browne
Volunteer
Owen Buckley
Volunteer
Aidan Fitzpatrick
Volunteer
Vince Hannington
Volunteer
Denis Kelleher
Volunteer
Colin McClery
Volunteer
Finbar O'Mahon
Volunteer
John Quinlan
Volunteer
Peggy Lynch
Singer at Wake

Noel O'Donovan
Station Guard
Peter O'Mahoney
Stoker
Barry Bourke
Policeman

Frank O'Sullivan
Man in Pub
Diarmuid Ó'Dálaigh
Man in Pub
Corina Gough
Woman in Search

Roger Allam
Sir John Hamilton
Sabrina Barry
Julia

William Ruane
Johnny Gogan
Danny Riordan
Elderly Couple
Peg Crowley
Elderly Couple
Fiona Lawton
Lily
Kieran Aherne
Sweeney
Clare Dineen
Mrs. Rafferty

Sean McGinley
Father Denis
Tomas OhEalaithe
Boy on Bike
Nora Lynch
Mother of Sick Child
Diarmuid Ní Mheachair
Sick Child

Denis Conway
Priest
Barry L. Looney
Ceilidh Band
Connie O'Connail
Ceilidh Band
Aine O'Connor
Ceilidh Band
Francis O'Connor
Ceilidh Band
Peadr O'Riada
Ceilidh Band
Neil Brand
Newsreel Piano Accompanist
Tom Charnock
Sergeant at Cottage
Alan Ready
Sergeant at Station
Mark Wakeling
Lieutenant

Antony Byrne
Interrogator
Anthony Mark Streeter
British Soldier

William Armstrong
British Soldier
Christopher Bown
British Soldier
Mark Bryce
British Soldier
Alex Dee
British Soldier
Jonny Holmes
British Soldier
Allan Huntley
British Soldier
Bill Hurst
British Soldier
Daniel Kington
British Soldier

Jamie Lomas
British Soldier
Anthony Martin
British Soldier
Owen McQuade
British Soldier
Richard Oldham
British Soldier

Colin Parry
British Soldier
Scott Peden
British Soldier
Bernie Sweeney
British Soldier
Derek Taylor
British Soldier
Neil Alan Taylor
British Soldier
Gregor Wood
British Soldier
Karl Dawson
Volunteer (uncredited)
Niall McCarthy
Extra (uncredited)

Siobhán McSweeney
Julia (uncredited)
Seamus Moynihan
Policeman (uncredited)

Philip Wright
Man (uncredited)
Crews
Michael Higgins
Art Direction

Rebecca O'Brien
Producer

Barry Ackroyd
Director of Photography

Paul Laverty
Screenplay
Jonathan Morris
Editor

Ken Loach
Director

George Fenton
Original Music Composer

Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer

Ed Guiney
Executive Producer

Gerardo Herrero
Producer
Ray Beckett
Sound
John Hayward
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ben Brazier
Foley Mixer
Kevin Brazier
Sound
Carol Moorhead
Production Manager

Fergus Clegg
Production Design
Robert Brazier
Sound Effects Editor
Susanna Lenton
Script Supervisor
Julie Ankerson
Foley Artist
Joss Barratt
Still Photographer
Patricia Kirkman
Hair Assistant
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