When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

81 mins | Science Fiction, Animation, War | Oct. 24, 1986

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.

When the Wind Blows

81 mins | Science Fiction, Animation, War | Oct. 24, 1986

When the Wind Blows
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Film Four International, British Screen Productions, TVC London, Penguin Books, Meltdown Productions
Original title When the Wind Blows
Directors Gary McCarver, Jimmy T. Murakami
Writers Raymond Briggs

Cast

Peggy Ashcroft

as Hilda Bloggs (voice)

John Mills

as Jim Bloggs (voice)

Robin Houston

as Radio Announcer (voice)

James Russell

as Actor

David Dundas

as Actor

Matt Irving

as Actor

Bernard Montgomery

as Himself (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

as Himself (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

as Himself (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

as Himself (archive footage)