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.
Genres
Drama, War
Studio
Sixteen Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Wind That Shakes the Barley performed
Budget
$6.5M
Worldwide Gross
$22.9M
Gross Profit
$16.4M
Return
3.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$3M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Damien
Cillian Murphy
Damien
Teddy
Pádraic Delaney
Teddy
Dan
Liam Cunningham
Dan
Sinead
Orla Fitzgerald
Sinead
Peggy
Mary O'Riordan
Peggy
Bernadette
Mary Murphy
Bernadette
Micheail
Laurence Barry
Micheail
Finbar
Damien Kearney
Finbar
Leo
Frank Bourke
Leo
Rory
Myles Horgan
Rory
Congo
Martin Lucey
Congo
Steady Boy
Aidan O'Hare
Steady Boy
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