When the Wind Blows
A horrifying vision of tomorrow.
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10/24/1986Runtime
84 minsOverview
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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EnglishBudget
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$5,274Homepage
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A devastating meditation on aging and obsolescence wrapped in the machinery of nuclear apocalypse. It watches an elderly couple's doomed faith in institutional reassurance curdle into something unforgettably tragic.
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John Mills
Jim Bloggs (voice)
Peggy Ashcroft
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Robin Houston
Radio Announcer (voice)
James Russell
Russian submariner (voice)
David Dundas
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Matt Irving
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Bernard Montgomery
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
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