The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Release: 2006-06-23
·Runtime: 127m
·★ 7.3
Drama
War
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.
Production Countries
Ireland
United Kingdom
Germany
Italy
Spain
Production Companies
Sixteen Films
Matador Pictures
Regent Capital
Element Pictures
BiM Distribuzione
EMC
Tornasol Media
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Cast
Cillian Murphy
as Damien
Pádraic Delaney
as Teddy
Liam Cunningham
as Dan
Orla Fitzgerald
as Sinead
Damien Kearney
as Finbar
Frank Bourke
as Leo
Aidan O'Hare
as Steady Boy
Keith Dunphy
as Terence
Noel O'Donovan
as Station Guard
Frank O'Sullivan
as Man in Pub
Roger Allam
as Sir John Hamilton
William Ruane
as Johnny Gogan
Sean McGinley
as Father Denis
Denis Conway
as Priest
Antony Byrne
as Interrogator
William Armstrong
as British Soldier
Jamie Lomas
as British Soldier
Colin Parry
as British Soldier
Siobhán McSweeney
as Julia (uncredited)
Philip Wright
as Man (uncredited)
