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War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood. - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
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Title: The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Release Date: 23 Jun 2006

Runtime: 2h 7m

Genre: Drama, War

Director: Sixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, Element Pictures, BIM Produzione, EMC, Tornasol Media, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, TVE, Pathe

Production Companies: Sixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, Element Pictures, BIM Produzione, EMC, Tornasol Media, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, TVE, Pathe

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.4 (810 votes)

Cast

  • Damien: Cillian Murphy
  • Teddy: Pádraic Delaney
  • Dan: Liam Cunningham
  • Sinead: Orla Fitzgerald
  • Peggy: Mary O'Riordan
  • Bernadette: Mary Murphy
  • Micheail: Laurence Barry
  • Finbar: Damien Kearney
  • Leo: Frank Bourke
  • Rory: Myles Horgan
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