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Atonement (2007)

Where Atonement says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Dunkirk was filmed on a seafront in Yorkshire and an ice factory in Lincolnshire, and the Balham Tube disaster was staged in a closed station in central London.

Scenes and places

The fountain and the library at the Tallis house (1935)

In 1935, Robbie and Cecilia argue by the garden fountain and a vase breaks. Thirteen-year-old Briony watches from a window and misreads what she sees. Later she walks in on them in the library and misreads that too.

Set in Tallis family house, England — The country house of the Tallis family, where the story begins in 1935.

A private country mansion in Shropshire, built in 1889 and still an undivided family home.

Filmed at Stokesay Court, Onibury, Shropshire — All the exterior and interior scenes of the Tallis family home were filmed here. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The tea room where they meet again (1939)

Six months before the retreat, Robbie, drafted out of prison, meets Cecilia, now a nurse, for tea. Years of separation sit between them, and the meeting is awkward.

Set in London tea room — A London tea room where Robbie and Cecilia meet in 1939.

The town hall of Bethnal Green in east London stands in for the tea house.

Filmed at Bethnal Green Town Hall, London — Used for the 1939 tea-house scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Walking through the French countryside (1940)

Separated from his unit, Robbie makes his way on foot through the French countryside toward Dunkirk, holding on to Cecilia's promise to wait for him.

Set in Rural France, 1940 — Open countryside in France during the Battle of France.

Villages across three eastern English counties stand in for rural France.

Filmed at Coates, Cambridgeshire — One of several eastern English villages used for the French countryside war scenes; the others listed are Gedney Drove End, Walpole St Andrew, Denver, Manea and Pymoor. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The ruined streets of Dunkirk (1940)

Robbie finally reaches the war-torn streets of Dunkirk, still on foot and weakened by an infected wound.

Set in Dunkirk — The French port town where Robbie is heading in 1940. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A former ice factory on the docks of Grimsby, in north-east Lincolnshire, stands in for Dunkirk's streets.

Filmed at Grimsby Ice Factory, Grimsby Docks — Interior and exterior of the building were used for the Dunkirk street scenes. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The five-minute shot on the beach at Dunkirk (1940)

On the beach, Robbie waits for evacuation among the soldiers, gravely ill and imagining Cecilia. The camera follows him through the crowd in one long unbroken take.

Set in Dunkirk beach — The beach where the army waits for evacuation. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The long seafront of Redcar, where the film's acclaimed five-minute tracking shot was made.

Filmed at Redcar seafront, North Yorkshire — The seafront of Redcar was dressed as war-torn Dunkirk for an acclaimed five-minute tracking shot; the coordinates are the town, not a surveyed point on the beach. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Briony trains as a nurse at St Thomas'

Eighteen-year-old Briony gives up her Cambridge place to train as a nurse in Cecilia's old unit, and writes to her sister asking her not to throw the letter away.

Set in St Thomas' Hospital, London — The London hospital where Briony trains as a nurse. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The London hospital where Cecilia trained, and now Briony.

Filmed at Park Place, Berkshire — Much of the ward interior was filmed here. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at University College London — Used for the hospital exteriors; the coordinates are the university, not a specific building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Lola's wedding

Briony attends Lola's wedding to Paul Marshall. Watching the couple, she realises that the man she accused years earlier was not the one responsible.

Set in St John's, Smith Square, London — A London church where Lola marries. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A church in Westminster, now known as Smith Square Hall.

Filmed at St John's, Smith Square (now Smith Square Hall), Westminster — Filmed here for Lola's wedding. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Briony finds Cecilia in Balham

Briony tracks Cecilia down in Balham to ask forgiveness and offers to go to a judge and change her evidence. She finds Robbie there on leave. Cecilia answers that she would be an unreliable witness.

Set in Cecilia's flat, Balham, London — Cecilia's new home in Balham after breaking up with her family. Coordinates are the district, not a street. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A residential area of south London, where Streatham Hill stands in for neighbouring Balham.

Filmed at Streatham Hill, London — Streatham Hill stood in for neighbouring Balham; the coordinates are the district. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The old novelist's interview

Decades later, the elderly Briony, a successful novelist, sits for an interview about her latest book, Atonement.

Set in A television interview — Decades later, an interview with the elderly Briony about her novel.

BBC Television Centre in west London, where the whole third part was filmed.

Filmed at BBC Television Centre, London — The whole third part of the film was shot here, on studio sets. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Balham station disaster (1940)

The film stages the 1940 Balham station disaster, a wartime flood in a London Underground station during the Blitz.

Set in Balham tube station, London — A London Underground station hit in the Blitz in 1940. Coordinates are the district of Balham, not the station. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The former Piccadilly line station at Aldwych, closed since the 1990s.

Filmed at Aldwych tube station (closed), London — The 1940 Balham station disaster was re-enacted in the former Piccadilly line station. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Great Scotland Yard, Westminster — Wartime London street (scene not specified) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Cuckmere Haven, Seven Sisters, Sussex — The postcard beach with cliffs Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Briony Tallis — The youngest Tallis sister, an aspiring novelist whose misreading of what she sees changes other people's lives.
• Cecilia Tallis — The elder Tallis sister, who falls in love with Robbie Turner, the housekeeper's son.
• Robbie Turner — The housekeeper's son, educated at Cambridge, who is arrested and later drafted into the army.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the Dunkirk beach in Atonement really filmed?
• Which closed Tube station stood in for Balham in Atonement?
• Where is the Tallis family house in Atonement?