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.
| Production | Rebecca O'Brien | Producer |
| Art | Michael Higgins | Art Direction |
| Directing | Ken Loach | Director |
| Sound | George Fenton | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Paul Laverty | Screenplay |
| Editing | Jonathan Morris | Editor |
| Camera | Barry Ackroyd | Director of Photography |
| Production | Andrew Lowe | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ed Guiney | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gerardo Herrero | Producer |
| Sound | Robert Brazier | Sound Effects Editor |
| Camera | Joss Barratt | Still Photographer |
| Production | Carol Moorhead | Production Manager |
| Directing | Susanna Lenton | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Julie Ankerson | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Kevin Brazier | Sound |
| Sound | John Hayward | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ben Brazier | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Ray Beckett | Sound |
| Art | Fergus Clegg | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia Kirkman | Hair Assistant |
