Cecilia Tallis
Keira Knightley
The elder of the two Tallis sisters.
2007
2h 3m
Atonement
Directed by
Joe Wright
Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
Cast 19
Robbie Turner
James McAvoy
Son of the Tallis family housekeeper with a Cambridge education courtesy of his mother's employer.
Grace Turner
Brenda Blethyn
Robbie's mother and the Tallis family housekeeper.
Paul Marshall
Benedict Cumberbatch
Leon Tallis' visiting friend.
Emily Tallis
Harriet Walter
The matriarch of the family.
Leon Tallis
Patrick Kennedy
The eldest of the Tallis siblings.
Tommy Nettle
Daniel Mays
One of Robbie's brothers-in-arms.
Frank Mace
Nonso Anozie
Another fellow soldier.
Luc Cornet
Jérémie Renier
A fatally wounded and brain damaged French soldier whom the 18-year-old Briony comforts on his de...
Danny Hardman
Alfie Allen
The Tallis family's handyman.
Police Inspector
Peter Wight
The police inspector sent down to investigate Lola's rape.
Sister Drummond
Gina McKee
The matron on Briony's hospital ward.
Fiona Maguire
Michelle Duncan
A trainee nurse in the same ward as Briony.
Pierrot Quincey
Felix von Simson
One of Lola's nine year old twin brothers.
Jackson Quincey
Charlie von Simson
One of Lola's nine year old twin brothers.
Briony Tallis (Age 18)
Romola Garai
A slightly older Briony, working as a nurse during the war.
Briony Tallis (Age 13)
Saoirse Ronan
The younger Tallis sister and an aspiring novelist.
Briony Tallis (Age 77)
Vanessa Redgrave
An older Briony, functioning as a narrator of sorts.
Lola Quincey
Juno Temple
The visiting 15-year-old cousin of the Tallis siblings.