2 real historical locations · France, United Kingdom
Joe Wright's acclaimed adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel, following how a young girl's false accusation destroys two lives across WWII — from the Dunkirk evacuation to the London Blitz. A story of guilt, war, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
CinemaMapped has mapped 2 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning France, United Kingdom.
The film's extraordinary five-minute single tracking shot across the Dunkirk beach — chaos, exhaustion, horses being shot, a choir singing on the dunes.
Director Joe Wright's Dunkirk tracking shot was filmed at Redcar beach in Yorkshire with 1,000 extras. It took a week to set up and was shot in a single take. The sequence depicts the psychological disintegration of t...
View location →Briony Tallis works as a nurse in London, tending to the wounded returning from Dunkirk as she processes the guilt of a false accusation made before the war.
London's hospitals were overwhelmed by Dunkirk casualties in June 1940. Over 68,000 wounded men were evacuated — many of them in serious condition after days at sea in open vessels. The mobilisation of volunteer nurse...
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