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When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

...it's no fairy tale.

19867.51h 24m

Overview

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.

Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami
Written by Raymond Briggs
Produced by John Coates
Box Office0Revenue: $5K

Top Cast

John Mills

John Mills

Jim Bloggs (voice)

Peggy Ashcroft

Peggy Ashcroft

Hilda Bloggs (voice)

Robin Houston

Robin Houston

Radio Announcer (voice)

J

James Russell

Russian submariner (voice)

David Dundas

David Dundas

Additional Voices (voice)

M

Matt Irving

Additional Voices (voice)

Bernard Montgomery

Bernard Montgomery

Self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Themes & Keywords

husband wife relationshipcountrysidenuclear warenglandworld war iibased on comicbased on graphic novelnuclear falloutadult animationisolated houseradiation sicknessbomb shelterdepressing

About When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows is a animation, war, drama film released in 1986 exploring themes of husband wife relationship, countryside, nuclear war, england, world war ii, based on comic. Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, it stars John Mills, Peggy Ashcroft, Robin Houston. 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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