'A Terrible Beauty' is a unique film that offers a fresh approach to the 1916 Rising in Dublin. It tells the little-known stories of the ordinary Irish Volunteer, British soldier and civilian caught up in the fighting. It is centered on two linked events during that Easter week, the battles of Mount Street Bridge and North King Street, culminating in the massacre of fifteen innocent young men and boys.

Cmdt. Ned Daly (Owen McDonnell) prepares to shoot British Lancer

1916 Easter Rising - Ned Daly prepares to shoot British Lancer.

Irish Volunteer sniper Frank Shouldice (Colin D. Farrell) takes aim at a British machine gun nest from the top of the Jameson Malthouse

A young Irish Volunteer waits for British troops to come through a wall on North King St.

Cmdt. Ned Daly (Owen McDonnell) and the Shouldice brothers (Rick Burn and Colin D. Farrell) man a barricade at North King St.

Irish Volunteer keeps lookout and awaits battle

A young Volunteer waits for battle at North King St.

Capt. Arthur A. Dickson (Hugh O'Conor) talks with his commading officer before boarding a train at Watford Station

A young nurse attends the wounded on Mount St.

Irish Volunteers prepare for battle

Seamus Grace (Cillian O'Donnachadha) escaping 25 Northumberland Rd.

Seamus Grace (Cillian O'Donnachadha) firing on British troops at 25 Northumberland Rd.

Vice-Cmdt. Piaras Béaslaí (Lochlann Ó'Mearáin) waiting for his commanding officer to tell the volunteers at North King St. that they are to surrender

Cumman Na mBan members Bridget Grace (Gina Costigan) and May Cullen (Megan Cassidy) look on as The Sherwood Foresters arrive in Kingstown Harbour

Cumman Na mBan members Bridget Grace (Gina Costigan) and May Cullen (Megan Cassidy) deliver urgent dispatches to 25 Northumberland Road

Arthur Dickson (Hugh O'Conor) and Charlie Faulkner (Duncan Lacroix) of the Sherwood Foresters look on at the casualties on Mount Street

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