The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
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.
- Paul LavertyScreenplay
- Ken LoachDirector
StatusReleased
Original LanguageEnglish
Original titleThe Wind That Shakes the Barley
Budget$6,500,000.00
Revenue$22,900,000.00
Casts
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
Gary McCarthy
Volunteer
Tim O'Mahon
Volunteer
Graham Browne
Volunteer
Owen Buckley
Volunteer
Aidan Fitzpatrick
Volunteer
Vince Hannington
Volunteer
Denis Kelleher
Volunteer
Colin McClery
Volunteer
Finbar O'Mahon
Volunteer
John Quinlan
Volunteer
Peggy Lynch
Singer at Wake
Noel O'Donovan
Station Guard
Peter O'Mahoney
Stoker
Barry Bourke
Policeman
Frank O'Sullivan
Man in Pub
Diarmuid Ó'Dálaigh
Man in Pub
Corina Gough
Woman in Search
Roger Allam
Sir John Hamilton
Sabrina Barry
Julia
William Ruane
Johnny Gogan
Danny Riordan
Elderly Couple
Peg Crowley
Elderly Couple
Fiona Lawton
Lily
Kieran Aherne
Sweeney
Clare Dineen
Mrs. Rafferty
Sean McGinley
Father Denis
Tomas OhEalaithe
Boy on Bike
Nora Lynch
Mother of Sick Child
Diarmuid Ní Mheachair
Sick Child
Denis Conway
Priest
Barry L. Looney
Ceilidh Band
Connie O'Connail
Ceilidh Band
Aine O'Connor
Ceilidh Band
Francis O'Connor
Ceilidh Band
Peadr O'Riada
Ceilidh Band
Neil Brand
Newsreel Piano Accompanist
Tom Charnock
Sergeant at Cottage
Alan Ready
Sergeant at Station
Mark Wakeling
Lieutenant
Antony Byrne
Interrogator
Anthony Mark Streeter
British Soldier
William Armstrong
British Soldier
Christopher Bown
British Soldier
Mark Bryce
British Soldier
Alex Dee
British Soldier
Jonny Holmes
British Soldier
Allan Huntley
British Soldier
Bill Hurst
British Soldier
Daniel Kington
British Soldier
Jamie Lomas
British Soldier
Anthony Martin
British Soldier
Owen McQuade
British Soldier
Richard Oldham
British Soldier
Colin Parry
British Soldier
Scott Peden
British Soldier
Bernie Sweeney
British Soldier
Derek Taylor
British Soldier
Neil Alan Taylor
British Soldier
Gregor Wood
British Soldier
Karl Dawson
Volunteer (uncredited)
Niall McCarthy
Extra (uncredited)
Siobhán McSweeney
Julia (uncredited)
Seamus Moynihan
Policeman (uncredited)
Philip Wright
Man (uncredited)