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The Wind That Shakes the Barley

74 %|Jun 23, 2006|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.

Featured Crew

Rebecca O'Brien
Producer
Michael Higgins
Art Direction
Ken Loach
Director
George Fenton
Original Music Composer
Paul Laverty
Screenplay
Jonathan Morris
Editor
Barry Ackroyd
Director of Photography
Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer

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Cast

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Mary Murphy
Bernadette
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Aidan O'Hare
Steady Boy
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Gary McCarthy
Volunteer
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Tim O'Mahon
Volunteer
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Graham Browne
Volunteer
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Owen Buckley
Volunteer
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Colin McClery
Volunteer
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John Quinlan
Volunteer
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Peggy Lynch
Singer at Wake
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Noel O'Donovan
Station Guard
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Barry Bourke
Policeman
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Corina Gough
Woman in Search
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Roger Allam
Sir John Hamilton
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William Ruane
Johnny Gogan
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Danny Riordan
Elderly Couple
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Peg Crowley
Elderly Couple
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Clare Dineen
Mrs. Rafferty
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Sean McGinley
Father Denis
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Tomas OhEalaithe
Boy on Bike
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Nora Lynch
Mother of Sick Child
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Barry L. Looney
Ceilidh Band
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Connie O'Connail
Ceilidh Band
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Aine O'Connor
Ceilidh Band
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Francis O'Connor
Ceilidh Band
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Peadr O'Riada
Ceilidh Band
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Neil Brand
Newsreel Piano Accompanist
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Tom Charnock
Sergeant at Cottage
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Alan Ready
Sergeant at Station
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Mark Wakeling
Lieutenant
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Antony Byrne
Interrogator
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Anthony Mark Streeter
British Soldier
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Bill Armstrong
British Soldier
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Christopher Bown
British Soldier
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Mark Bryce
British Soldier
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Alex Dee
British Soldier
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Jonny Holmes
British Soldier
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Allan Huntley
British Soldier
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Bill Hurst
British Soldier
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Daniel Kington
British Soldier
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Jamie Lomas
British Soldier
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Anthony Martin
British Soldier
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Owen McQuade
British Soldier
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Richard Oldham
British Soldier
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Colin Parry
British Soldier
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Scott Peden
British Soldier
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Bernie Sweeney
British Soldier
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Derek Taylor
British Soldier
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Neil Alan Taylor
British Soldier
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Gregor Wood
British Soldier
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Karl Dawson
Volunteer (uncredited)
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Niall McCarthy
Extra (uncredited)
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Siobhán McSweeney
Julia (uncredited)
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Seamus Moynihan
Policeman (uncredited)