

The Wind That Shakes the Barley
"War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood."
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$6.5M
$6,500,000
Revenue
$22.9M
$22,900,000
Languages
English
+2 more
Studio
Sixteen Films
+7 more
Key Crew

Rebecca O'Brien
Producer

Paul Laverty
Screenplay

Ken Loach
Director

Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer

Ed Guiney
Executive Producer

Gerardo Herrero
Producer
Cast

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