Peggy Ashcroft

John Mills

Robin Houston

James Russell

David Dundas

Matt Irving

Bernard Montgomery

Harry S. Truman

Joseph Stalin

Winston Churchill

Colin Bowman

Jimmy T. Murakami

John Coates

John Cary

Roger Waters

Taylor Grant

Iain Harvey

Raymond Briggs

Gary McCarver

Ted Swanscott

Peter Turner

Errol Bryant

Richard Fawdry

Michael Heywood

Paul Coppock

Alice Clayton

Anuree De Silva

Joan Ashworth

Richard Nye

Tim Partridge

John Griffith

David Bowie

Stephen Weston

Animation

Science Fiction

When the Wind Blows

Penguin Books

British Screen Productions

TVC London

Meltdown Productions

Film4 Productions

United Kingdom

English

“When The Wind Blows” is a heartbreaking, horrendous, portrayal of the fallout following a nuclear attack on the United Kingdom. Based on the book by “The Snowman” creator Raymond Briggs, this film manages to show the full horror of an elderly couples experiences once missiles have struck.

Opening with real Cold War era footage accompanied by David Bowie’s haunting theme song, “When The Wind Blows” follows similar animation style to that of Briggs other famous works. ( “The Snowman” , “The Snowman and the Snow Dog” ) Such dark narrative seems unfitting for this animation style but it works perfectly. The innocence of the two main characters as they desperately try to follow official advice while believing their idyllic village life will one day return to normal is heartbreaking. It’s impossible not to warm to Jim and Hilda as they slowly succumb to the effects of radiation sickness and the realisation of what has become of the World they knew. 

What is extremely clever is how the narrative incorporates the official United Kingdom protect and survive leaflet issued at the time by the government of the day. This adds realism to the proceedings as Jim and Hilda carry out the instructions in the leaflet, clearly unaware of the absurdity and horror of their situation.

Brilliantly written and heightened through the animation the story and premise is starkly worrying today as it was in 1986

When the Wind Blows 1986 Trailer

When the Wind Blows

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