When the Wind Blows (1986)

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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

Joseph Stalin
Himself

Written by

Raymond Briggs
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A Story of Nuclear Fallout.

16 years ago at Apr 19 20:50

Dionysian Child

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The storyline goes that when given warning of air raid attacks from Soviet forces an elderly couple draw on their past experiences on the Second World War to build a bomb proof shelter and 'tough it out' instead of evacuating.
When the bomb which falls turns out to be an atomic one, their homemade shelter is obvious rendered obsolete. From here on the cartoon becomes rather harrowing. As yo... read more

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11 years, 7 months ago at Sep 9 7:54

vulpeszerda

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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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A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.

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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