When the Wind Blows
...it's no fairy tale.
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.
Cast
John Mills
Jim Bloggs (voice)
Peggy Ashcroft
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Robin Houston
Radio Announcer (voice)
James Russell
Russian submariner (voice)
David Dundas
Additional Voices (voice)
Matt Irving
Additional Voices (voice)
Bernard Montgomery
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Videos
Storyline
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.
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