The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Synopsis

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

Cillian Murphy

Damien

Pádraic Delaney

Teddy

Liam Cunningham

Dan

Orla Fitzgerald

Sinead

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Mary O'Riordan

Peggy

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Mary Murphy

Bernadette

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Laurence Barry

Micheail

Damien Kearney

Finbar

Frank Bourke

Leo

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Myles Horgan

Rory

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Martin Lucey

Congo

Aidan O'Hare

Steady Boy

Shane Casey

Kevin

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John Crean

Chris

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Máirtín de Cógáin

Sean

Keith Dunphy

Terence

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Kieran Hegarty

Francis

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Gerard Kearney

Donacha

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Shane Nott

Ned

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Kevin O'Brien

Tim

Crew

Art

• Michael Higgins Art Direction
• Fergus Clegg Production Design
• Mark Lowry Art Direction

Camera

• Barry Ackroyd Director of Photography
• Joss Barratt Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Patricia Kirkman Hair Assistant
• Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh Costume Design
• Lucy Browne Makeup Artist
• Orla Carrol Hairstylist
• Deirdre Fitzgerald Makeup Artist
• Lynn Johnson Makeup Artist

Crew

• Marc Cass Stunt Coordinator
• Paul Heasman Stunt Coordinator

Directing

• Ken Loach Director
• Susanna Lenton Script Supervisor

Editing

• Jonathan Morris Editor

Production

• Rebecca O'Brien Producer
• Andrew Lowe Executive Producer
• Ed Guiney Executive Producer
• Gerardo Herrero Producer
• Carol Moorhead Production Manager
• Oonagh Kearney Casting
• Kahleen Crawford Casting
• Ulrich Felsberg Executive Producer
• Redmond Morris Producer
• Nigel Thomas Executive Producer
• Paul Trijbits Executive Producer
• Mark Woods Executive Producer

Sound

• George Fenton Original Music Composer
• Ray Beckett Sound
• John Hayward Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Ben Brazier Foley Mixer
• Kevin Brazier Sound
• Robert Brazier Sound Effects Editor
• Julie Ankerson Foley Artist

Writing

• Paul Laverty Screenplay

Photos