The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- Released on
Drama, War
•- Runtime
- 127 mins
(799 votes)
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.
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.
Cast
- Cillian Murphy
- Pádraic Delaney
- Liam Cunningham
- Orla Fitzgerald
- Mary O'Riordan
- Mary Murphy
- Laurence Barry
- Damien Kearney
- Frank Bourke
- Myles Horgan
- Martin Lucey
- Aidan O'Hare
- Shane Casey
- John Crean
- Máirtín de Cógáin
- Keith Dunphy
- Kieran Hegarty
- Gerard Kearney
- Shane Nott
- Kevin O'Brien
- Gary McCarthy
- Tim O'Mahon
- Graham Browne
- Owen Buckley
- Aidan Fitzpatrick
- Vince Hannington
- Denis Kelleher
- Colin McClery
- Finbar O'Mahon
- John Quinlan
- Peggy Lynch
- Noel O'Donovan
- Peter O'Mahoney
- Barry Bourke
- Frank O'Sullivan
- Diarmuid Ó'Dálaigh
- Corina Gough
- Roger Allam
- Sabrina Barry
- William Ruane
- Danny Riordan
- Peg Crowley
- Fiona Lawton
- Kieran Aherne
- Clare Dineen
- Sean McGinley
- Tomas OhEalaithe
- Nora Lynch
- Diarmuid Ní Mheachair
- Denis Conway
- Barry L. Looney
- Connie O'Connail
- Aine O'Connor
- Francis O'Connor
- Peadr O'Riada
- Neil Brand
- Tom Charnock
- Alan Ready
- Mark Wakeling
- Antony Byrne
- Anthony Mark Streeter
- Bill Armstrong
- Christopher Bown
- Mark Bryce
- Alex Dee
- Jonny Holmes
- Allan Huntley
- Bill Hurst
- Daniel Kington
- Jamie Lomas
- Anthony Martin
- Owen McQuade
- Richard Oldham
- Colin Parry
- Scott Peden
- Bernie Sweeney
- Derek Taylor
- Neil Alan Taylor
- Gregor Wood
- Karl Dawson
- Niall McCarthy
- Siobhán McSweeney
- Seamus Moynihan
Director
- Ken Loach
Producers
- Rebecca O'Brien
- Gerardo Herrero
Screenwriter
- Paul Laverty