Atonement

Torn apart by betrayal. Separated by war. Bound by love.

As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

Drama Romance

James McAvoy

(Robbie Turner)

Keira Knightley

(Cecilia Tallis)

Saoirse Ronan

(Briony Tallis (Age 13))

Romola Garai

(Briony Tallis (Age 18))

Vanessa Redgrave

(Briony Tallis (Age 77))

Brenda Blethyn

(Grace Turner)

Juno Temple

(Lola Quincey)

Benedict Cumberbatch

(Paul Marshall)

Harriet Walter

(Emily Tallis)

Alfie Allen

(Danny Hardman)

Jérémie Renier

(Luc Cornet)

Anthony Minghella

(Interviewer)

Tobias Menzies

(Naval Officer)

Peter Wight

(Police Inspector)

Gina McKee

(Sister Drummond)

Tilly Vosburgh

(Mother of Evacuees)

John Normington

(Vicar)

Patrick Kennedy

(Leon Tallis)

Peter McNeil O'Connor

(Police Sergeant)

Daniel Mays

(Tommy Nettle)

Nonso Anozie

(Frank Mace)

Michelle Duncan

(Fiona Maguire)

Michel Vuillermoz

(Frenchman)

Lionel Abelanski

(Frenchman)

Roger Evans

(Beach Soldier)

Bronson Webb

(Beach Soldier)

Ian Bonar

(Beach Soldier)

Jamie Beamish

(Soldier in Bray Bar)

Johnny Harris

(Soldier in Bray Bar)

Billy Seymour

(Soldier in Bray Bar)

Neil Maskell

(Soldier in Bray Bar)

Nick Bagnall

(Soldier in Bray Bar)

Vivienne Gibbs

(Staff Nurse)

Alice Orr-Ewing

(Probationary Nurse)

Olivia Grant

(Probationary Nurse)

Katy Lawrence

(Probationary Nurse)

Paul Stocker

(Crying Soldier)

Alex Noodle

(Solitary Sunbather)

Kelly Scott

(Hospital Admin Assistant)

Ryan Kiggell

(Registrar)

Wendy Nottingham

(Mrs. Jarvis)

Julia West

(Betty)

Felix von Simson

(Pierrot Quincey)

Charlie von Simson

(Jackson Quincey)

Leander Deeny

(Police Constable)

Mark Holgate

(Soldier at Hospital Entrance)

Romola Garai

(Briony, 18)

Elliott Francis

(Soldier (uncredited))

Craig Douglas

(Soldier (uncredited))