The Bloody Border

Aug 24, 2020

0h 53m

★ 6.3

Overview

The painful story of Ireland and the Irish people, who struggled for centuries to free themselves from the tyrannical clutches of the British Empire; an epic tale of poverty, hunger, despair, violence and unyielding courage.

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

Gruppe 5

ZDF

ARTE

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Simon T. Roden

Self - Sociologist

Bill Rolston

Self - Belfast Resident

Susan McCrory

Self - Belfast Resident

Eileen WEir

Self - Journalist

Derek Scally

Self - Victims Rights Activist

Raymond McCord

Self - Former IRA Member

Tommy McKearney

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Éamon de Valera

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Michael Collins

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