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