The Wind That Shakes the Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

7.3 Rating2006-06-23Drama, 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.

Cast

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy

as Damien

Pádraic Delaney

Pádraic Delaney

as Teddy

Liam Cunningham

Liam Cunningham

as Dan

Orla Fitzgerald

Orla Fitzgerald

as Sinead

Mary O'Riordan

Mary O'Riordan

as Peggy

Mary Murphy

Mary Murphy

as Bernadette

Laurence Barry

Laurence Barry

as Micheail

Damien Kearney

Damien Kearney

as Finbar

Frank Bourke

Frank Bourke

as Leo

Myles Horgan

Myles Horgan

as Rory