The Wind That Shakes the Barley
“War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.”
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.
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Cast
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Cillian Murphy
Damien
Known for
Peaky Blinders
Oppenheimer
Bill Armstrong
British Soldier
Pádraic Delaney
Teddy
Known for
The Tudors
Knightfall
Liam Cunningham
Dan
Known for
Game of Thrones
3 Body Problem
Orla Fitzgerald
Sinead
Known for
Coda
The Long Shadow
Mary O'Riordan
Peggy
Also in
Not Only But Always
Mary Murphy
Bernadette
Also in
Brother
Laurence Barry
Micheail
No other roles listed
Damien Kearney
Finbar
Also in
The Tudors
Love/Hate
Frank Bourke
Leo
Known for
His Dark Materials
Dumbo
Myles Horgan
Rory
Also in
Strength and Honour
The Last September
Martin Lucey
Congo
Known for
Jimmy's Hall
Parked
Ken Loach Director · Paul Laverty Screenplay George Fenton Composer
Worldwide gross $23M · Budget $6.5M · United States release March 16, 2007
Box office
Budget
$6,500,000
Worldwide gross
$22,903,165
Gross vs. budget
3.5×
Production
Sixteen Films
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Matador Pictures
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Regent Capital
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Element Pictures
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BiM Distribuzione
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EMC
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Tornasol Media
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Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
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UK Film Council
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TV3
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Cinéart
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Diaphana Films
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Element Films
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EMC Produktion
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Filmcoopi Zürich
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Irish Film Board
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Oil Flick Films No.2
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Pathé Distribution
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Tornasol Films
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TV3 Television Network Ireland
Production
Ireland · United Kingdom · Germany · Italy · Spain · France · Belgium · Switzerland
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Irish · Latin
Release dates
France · May 18, 2006
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United Kingdom · June 23, 2006
Theatrical
United States · March 16, 2007
Limited theatrical
United States
March 23, 2007 · Theatrical
Australia
June 25, 2006 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
Brazil
April 13, 2007 · Theatrical
Canada
September 7, 2006 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
China
June 15, 2026 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
Czechia
January 11, 2007 · Theatrical
Estonia
December 3, 2006 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
France
August 23, 2006 · Theatrical
March 8, 2007 · Physical
Iceland
August 31, 2006 · Premiere · Iceland International Film Festival
Ireland
June 23, 2006 · Theatrical
Italy
November 10, 2006 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 10, 2006 · Theatrical
Norway
March 1, 2007 · Physical · Vurdert dato: 1. mars 2007
Portugal
July 27, 2006 · Theatrical
South Korea
November 2, 2006 · Theatrical
Switzerland
June 23, 2006 · Digital
Taiwan
November 19, 2006 · Premiere · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Thailand
August 24, 2006 · Theatrical
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