The Wind That Shakes the Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

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

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.

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  • Release Date: 2006-06-23
  • Runtime: 2h 7min
  • Director: Ken Loach

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    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

    • 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

    • Bill 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)

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