When the Wind Blows (1986)

10/24/1986 (GB) • 1h 24m

Animation, War, Science Fiction

A horrifying vision of tomorrow.

Overview

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

Top Billed Cast

John Mills

Jim Bloggs (voice)

Peggy Ashcroft

Hilda Bloggs (voice)

Robin Houston

Radio Announcer (voice)

James Russell

Russian submariner (voice)

David Dundas

Additional Voices (voice)

Matt Irving

Additional Voices (voice)

Bernard Montgomery

Self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$5,274.00

Keywords

husband wife relationship

countryside

nuclear war

england

world war ii

based on comic

based on graphic novel

nuclear fallout

adult animation

isolated house

radiation sickness

bomb shelter

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