Track Listing

1. When The Wind Blows
2. Facts And Figures
3. The Brazilian
4. What Have They Done?
5. The Shuffle
6. The Russian Missile
7. Towers Of Faith
8. Hilda's Dream
9. The American Bomber
10. The Anderson Shelter
11. The British Submarine
12. The Attack
13. The Fallout
14. Hilda's Hair
15. Folded Flags

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5546 in Music
• Released on: 1995-04-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Running time: 80 minutes

Customer Reviews

Totally blown away.
I first saw this in 1987. No one watching that film that day walked out of that theatre with a dry eye. It is the story of Jim and Hilda, a nice old couple who could be your parents or grandparents. They live out in the country having retired and their life harks back to the glory days in the "last war" and when the government knew best. While the rest of the world is inching towards nuclear conflict, Jim begins planning for the attack in the only way he knows how, he reads the government documents and acts on what they say. When the bomb falls, they are the unlucky ones and survive the initial onslaught; the following days are harrowing for them and immeasurably sad for those of us left watching. The end, when it comes for them is so incredibly moving that it cannot fail to leave you thinking of your own family and what future we as a species might have on this planet.

A Masterpiece
A masterpiece of animation in filmaking. I remember seeing this not long after it came out in the mid 80's (I was about 13-14 years old). I found it brilliant then, and it has stood the test of time well. A very powerful movie that has everything. Outstanding visuals, dark comedy, pathos, sadness and fantastic voice acting. Everyone should watch this film, a lesson to remember how close we came during the cold war era, and that the threat is still very real today. Some of the events in the film really struck a chord with me: I remember seeing houses with whitewashed windows back then for instance.
I cannot recommend this highly enough - see it.

A very haunting film
This is a film that will not leave you. Its vision of an OAP couple making preparations for a nuclear attack in vain is enough to build your sympathy for the characters. The attack and its aftermath leave this innocent, simple (but not stupid) couple in the slow and inevitable grip of radiation sickness.

Despite the subject matter there's a gentle smattering of good-natured humour, with the director almost poking fun at Jim and Hilda's best attempts to follow government advice on what to do in case of an H-bomb. This almost seems needlessly cruel, as does the fact that they survive and are left wandering a dead, destroyed landscape. But the real cruelty is that of the governments, who are deliberately left faceless and reasonless, starting what will unavoidably be the end of the world.

My cousin used to be a US Trident submarine captain and when I mentioned it to someone I knew he suggested I send my cousin a copy of this DVD. I now know why. It is beautiful, harrowing, moving and one of the most powerful artistic statements against nuclear 'deterrents' that I know of. I can't recommend it highly enough; though the Cold War may be over I still think this is an essential film.