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Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.


“...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.

John Mills
Jim Bloggs (voice)

Peggy Ashcroft
Hilda Bloggs (voice)

Robin Houston
Radio Announcer (voice)
James Russell
Russian submariner (voice)

David Dundas
Additional Voices (voice)
Matt Irving
Additional Voices (voice)

Bernard Montgomery
Self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
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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