When the Wind Blows (1986)

7.4	Rating (131 ratings)
7.7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Jimmy T. Murakami

Starring (View all)

Peggy Ashcroft
Hilda Bloggs

John Mills
Jim (voice)

Robin Houston
Announcer

James Russell
(voice)

David Dundas
(voice)

Matt Irving
(voice)

Winston Churchill
Himself

Bernard L. Montgomery
Himself

Written by

Raymond Briggs
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13 years, 10 months ago at Sep 9 7:54

vulpeszerda

One of the most devastating and depressing movies I have ever watched. A cartoon film made for adults to convince them of the horrific results of war.

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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.

Release date: 20 November 1986

Tags: Animation (9), Drama (5), War (4), British (3), Disaster (3), Nuclear Threat (2), Married Couple (2), English Countryside (2), 1980s (2), Radiation Sickness (2), Cold War (2), Based On Comic Book (2), Based On Book (2), Adaptation (2), England (2), Countryside (2), Nuclear Bomb (2), Watched For School (1), Eggs (1), Sickness (1)

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