Jun 23, 2006
127 min
Full-HD

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

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.

Category

Drama War

Country

Belgium France Germany Ireland Italy Spain Switzerland United Kingdom

Companies

Sixteen Films Matador Pictures Regent Capital UK Film Council Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Element Films EMC Produktion Tornasol Films Diaphana Films TV3 Television Network Ireland Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen Pathé BIM Productions Cinéart Filmcoopi Zürich MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Cillian Murphy

Damien O'Donovan

Pádraic Delaney

Teddy O'Donovan

Liam Cunningham

Dan

Orla Fitzgerald

Sinead

Gerard Kearney

Donacha

William Ruane

Johnny Gogan

Roger Allam

Sir John Hamilton

Laurence Barry

Micheail

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