The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
06/23/2006 (IE) • 2h 7m
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.
Top Billed Cast
Damien
Teddy
Sinead
Peggy
Bernadette
Micheail
Finbar
Leo
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$6,500,000.00
Revenue
$22,900,000.00
Keywords
guerrilla warfare
civil war
sibling relationship
england
underground
resistance
peace
independence
traitor
mercenary
british army
british empire
dublin, ireland
irish civil war (1922-23)
historical fiction
ira (irish republican army)
ireland
colonialism
irish history
irish
depressing
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