When the Wind Blows (1986)

...it's no fairy tale.

Movie · Animation, War, Drama · 1h 24m · Rated 7.5/10 on TMDB · Released October 24, 1986

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

Cast

• John Mills as Jim Bloggs (voice)
• Peggy Ashcroft as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
• Robin Houston as Radio Announcer (voice)
• James Russell as Russian submariner (voice)
• David Dundas as Additional Voices (voice)
• Matt Irving as Additional Voices (voice)
• Bernard Montgomery as Self (archive footage)
• Harry S. Truman as Self (archive footage)
• Joseph Stalin as Self (archive footage)
• Winston Churchill as Self (archive footage)

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