When the Wind Blows
...it's no fairy tale.
7.5(339) 1986-10-24 84 minAnimationWarDrama
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.
DirectorJimmy T. Murakami
ProducerJohn Coates
Original Music ComposerRoger Waters
ScreenplayRaymond Briggs
AnimationRichard Fawdry
AnimationTony Guy
AnimationBill Speers
AnimationDave Unwin
Cast & characters
John Mills
as Jim Bloggs (voice)
Peggy Ashcroft
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Robin Houston
as Radio Announcer (voice)
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James Russell
as Russian submariner (voice)
David Dundas
as Additional Voices (voice)
No photo
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)
