The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Ken Loach2006-06-23
War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.
7.4
127 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Cillian Murphy | Damien | The Free Refills |
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Pádraic Delaney | Teddy | Unowned |
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Liam Cunningham | Dan | Unowned |
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Orla Fitzgerald | Sinead | Unowned |
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Mary O'Riordan | Peggy | Unowned |
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Mary Murphy | Bernadette | Unowned |
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Laurence Barry | Micheail | Unowned |
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Damien Kearney | Finbar | Unowned |
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Frank Bourke | Leo | Unowned |
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Myles Horgan | Rory | Unowned |
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Martin Lucey | Congo | Unowned |
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Aidan O'Hare | Steady Boy | Unowned |
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Shane Casey | Kevin | Unowned |
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John Crean | Chris | Unowned |
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Máirtín de Cógáin | Sean | Unowned |
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Keith Dunphy | Terence | Unowned |
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Kieran Hegarty | Francis | Unowned |
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Gerard Kearney | Donacha | Unowned |
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Shane Nott | Ned | Unowned |
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Kevin O'Brien | Tim | Unowned |
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Gary McCarthy | Volunteer | Unowned |
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Tim O'Mahon | Volunteer | Unowned |
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Graham Browne | Volunteer | Unowned |
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Owen Buckley | Volunteer | Unowned |
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Aidan Fitzpatrick | Volunteer | Unowned |
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Vince Hannington | Volunteer | Unowned |
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Denis Kelleher | Volunteer | Unowned |
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Colin McClery | Volunteer | Unowned |
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Finbar O'Mahon | Volunteer | Unowned |
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John Quinlan | Volunteer | Unowned |
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Peggy Lynch | Singer at Wake | Unowned |
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Noel O'Donovan | Station Guard | Unowned |
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Peter O'Mahoney | Stoker | Unowned |
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Barry Bourke | Policeman | Unowned |
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Frank O'Sullivan | Man in Pub | Unowned |
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Diarmuid Ó'Dálaigh | Man in Pub | Unowned |
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Corina Gough | Woman in Search | Unowned |
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Roger Allam | Sir John Hamilton | Unowned |
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Sabrina Barry | Julia | Unowned |
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William Ruane | Johnny Gogan | Unowned |
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Danny Riordan | Elderly Couple | Unowned |
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Peg Crowley | Elderly Couple | Unowned |
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Fiona Lawton | Lily | Unowned |
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Kieran Aherne | Sweeney | Unowned |
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Clare Dineen | Mrs. Rafferty | Unowned |
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Sean McGinley | Father Denis | Unowned |
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Tomas OhEalaithe | Boy on Bike | Unowned |
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Nora Lynch | Mother of Sick Child | Unowned |
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Diarmuid Ní Mheachair | Sick Child | Unowned |
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Denis Conway | Priest | Unowned |
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Barry L. Looney | Ceilidh Band | Unowned |
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Connie O'Connail | Ceilidh Band | Unowned |
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Aine O'Connor | Ceilidh Band | Unowned |
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Francis O'Connor | Ceilidh Band | Unowned |
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Peadr O'Riada | Ceilidh Band | Unowned |
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Neil Brand | Newsreel Piano Accompanist | Unowned |
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Tom Charnock | Sergeant at Cottage | Unowned |
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Alan Ready | Sergeant at Station | Unowned |
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Mark Wakeling | Lieutenant | Unowned |
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Antony Byrne | Interrogator | Unowned |
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Anthony Mark Streeter | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Bill Armstrong | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Christopher Bown | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Mark Bryce | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Alex Dee | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Jonny Holmes | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Allan Huntley | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Bill Hurst | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Daniel Kington | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Jamie Lomas | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Anthony Martin | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Owen McQuade | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Richard Oldham | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Colin Parry | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Scott Peden | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Bernie Sweeney | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Derek Taylor | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Neil Alan Taylor | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Gregor Wood | British Soldier | Unowned |
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Karl Dawson | Volunteer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Niall McCarthy | Extra (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Siobhán McSweeney | Julia (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Seamus Moynihan | Policeman (uncredited) | Unowned |