Atonement (2007) Dunkirk filming locations (Redcar) 🇬🇧

The Film Atonement with James McAvoy, Keira Knightley and directed by Joe Wright.
The Dunkirk scene was filmed in the North Yorkshire seaside town of Redcar.
Changing The Coatham Hotel and Regent cinema into France.
All shot facing North to hide the modern day seafront.
on the Horizon, the Redcar steelworks was on the horizon. Using Computer graphics, this was masked in smoke and other generated items. (Im not sure if the ferris wheel was real or CGI, im guessing the latter).

It's probably the scene the film is most remembered for , shot in a 5 minute single take tracking shot.
For years many of the markings on the buildings to make it look like France were left, and there is a monument to the film on the sea front.
the film had a red carpet premier in the Regent Cinema, the night before general release. sadly the cinema, while still there was demolished and rebuilt in 2021, it had struggled against the lack of visitors in the 70s - 90s and repairs to the ageing cinema, battered by the weather and north sea but what a send off it got.
The film also starred Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave & Benedict Cumberbatch.
The video was recorded 04/07/2023

0:00 Regent cinema intro
1:20 Atonement Dunkirk comparison
5:25 Fish and Chips