When the Wind Blows
“...it's no fairy tale.”
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.
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Cast
10 people
John Mills
Jim Bloggs (voice)
Known for
Great Expectations
Gandhi
Peggy Ashcroft
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Known for
The 39 Steps
A Passage to India
Robin Houston
Radio Announcer (voice)
Also in
The Dame Edna Experience
A Night on Mount Edna
James Russell
Russian submariner (voice)
Also in
The Music Lovers
Heartbeat
David Dundas
Additional Voices (voice)
Also in
Mosquito Squadron
Prudence and the Pill
Matt Irving
Additional Voices (voice)
Bernard Montgomery
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Assignment in Korea
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Also in
War of the Century
I Was Stalin's Bodyguard
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Britain and the Blitz
Jimmy T. Murakami Director · Raymond Briggs Screenplay Roger Waters Composer
Worldwide gross $5.3K · United States release March 11, 1988 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$5,274
Production
Penguin Books
Production
TVC London
Production
Meltdown Productions
Production
National Film Finance Corporation
Production
Film Four International
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British Screen Productions
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 24, 1986
Theatrical
United States · March 11, 1988
Theatrical
Argentina
July 21, 1988 · Theatrical
Canada
August 29, 1987 · Premiere · Montréal World Film Festival
October 24, 1987 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
October 30, 1987 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 10, 1987 · Theatrical
Finland
March 13, 1987 · Theatrical
France
June 27, 2012 · Theatrical
Germany
November 20, 1986 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 11, 1987 · Theatrical
Italy
April 17, 1987 · Theatrical
Japan
July 25, 1987 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 19, 1987 · Theatrical
May 12, 2015 · Physical
Portugal
July 15, 1988 · Theatrical
Spain
September 21, 1987 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 24, 1987 · Theatrical
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