Het verhaal speelt zich af tijdens de Brits-Ierse oorlog en de daaropvolgende burgeroorlog van 1919 tot begin jaren '20. Ierse guerrilla-groepen trokken door het land om de Britse 'Black and Tan-squads' te bevechten. In één van deze groepen bevinden zich de twee broers Damien en Teddy en we zien wat de oorlog zowel hun familie als hun land aanricht.
Nee, helaas is The Wind That Shakes the Barley nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Art | Michael Higgins | Art Direction |
| Production | Rebecca O'Brien | Producer |
| Camera | Barry Ackroyd | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Paul Laverty | Screenplay |
| Editing | Jonathan Morris | Editor |
| Directing | Ken Loach | Director |
| Sound | George Fenton | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Andrew Lowe | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ed Guiney | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gerardo Herrero | Producer |
| Sound | Ray Beckett | Sound |
| Sound | John Hayward | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ben Brazier | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Kevin Brazier | Sound |
| Production | Carol Moorhead | Production Manager |
| Art | Fergus Clegg | Production Design |
| Sound | Robert Brazier | Sound Effects Editor |
| Directing | Susanna Lenton | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Julie Ankerson | Foley Artist |
| Camera | Joss Barratt | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia Kirkman | Hair Assistant |
