The Wind That Shakes the Barley

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

  • Rated 7.3 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2006
  • 2h 7m
  • 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.

Director
Ken Loach
Starring
Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald

Cast

  • Cillian Murphy

    Cillian Murphy

    Damien

  • Pádraic Delaney

    Pádraic Delaney

    Teddy

  • Liam Cunningham

    Liam Cunningham

    Dan

  • Orla Fitzgerald

    Orla Fitzgerald

    Sinead

  • Mary O'Riordan

    Peggy

  • Mary Murphy

    Bernadette

  • Laurence Barry

    Micheail

  • Damien Kearney

    Damien Kearney

    Finbar

  • Frank Bourke

    Frank Bourke

    Leo

  • Myles Horgan

    Rory

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