Elegy for Dunkirk - Atonement - HD

The long take beach scene ("By The Sea") from Atonement (2007, directed by Joe Wright, DP Seamus McGarvey, Soundtrack by Dario Marianelli), showing the evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo).
I uploaded this because I could not find a HD version streaming anywhere online.
Video SRC: ~3300kbps 1080p.
Audio SRC: ~320kbps 5.1 AAC movie audio (not the soundtrack version of the song).
www.imdb.com/title/tt0783233/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk...

[@Senorgusanos]

One of the greatest scenes in the history of cinema in my opinion...to never cut during that entire take with hundreds or maybe thousands of extras doing different things is just incredible

[@nyb_ok]

Senorgusanos indeed an epic shot

[@helenarichard]

No need to cut when you have digital photoshop *taps head*

[@ANDRESR2]

I agree, this is a masterpiece of cinema.

[@yousseftalaat3281]

Totally agree

[@liamoliver5951]

Absolutely agree.

[@kingwithoutacrown1]

_To all the soldiers who sacrified their lifes in wars throughout history, may they rest in heavenly peace._

[@usesoap11]

I felt the exact same thing when watching this scene. It's incredibly sad...

[@smekninga]

I think of all the soldiers who never came back and I cry

[@asenturk7579]

most of them did horrible things.

[@rememberhistory2622]

shut the hell up@@asenturk7579

[@rneedham667]

My father ( now passed) a ww2 veteran said it was an honor to serve along side the British soldiers. He said they were the bravest men he ever saw.

[@liamoliver5951]

The way that the score merges seamlessly with the choir, and that unbearable rise in the music as the camera moves around the front of them is just shattering.

[@jacknagel9387]

I think a really under appreciated part of this scene is the age range of the actors. You can see it especially well with the choir. Some soldiers look as young as 16-17 while others look to be as old as mid 50s-60s with everything else in between. This truly was a war that consumed everyone.

[@helenarichard]

I'm from Belgium and whenever I go swimming in the sea in Nieuwpoort in the evening I look at Duinkerke, and think of the men who made it possible for me to swim in the ocean without war.

[@movies4you839]

Fun fact: They never intended to make it a long take but had to due to only having the extras and set for a limited time it would have taken longer to a million set ups so they did it in one long setup (take), it wasn't planned but it works so bloody well

[@doyle8120]

i don't understand how would this shot work with cuts !

[@SamuelDJCox]

'Dear Lord and Father of Mankind... Forgive our foolish ways.." When you consider this is Briony's retelling of Robbie's final days you realise this isn't just the soldiers singing for forgiveness for all the horrible acts they have had to do in war or for the fact that man has created such a horrific mess, those are the lyrics and the words of the writer also asking for the same forgiveness for the terrible deed she did - a forgiveness which she knows is unlikely to be given just as it is unlikely to be given to those who created the mess which Robbie finds himself in...

[@separatist123]

Samuel Cox you do realise this is a real hymn composed in the 1800s

[@SamuelDJCox]

@@separatist123 Yes I do haha but it was chosen specifically by no accident I'm sure by the writers...

[@sixteenstringjack]

My God yes, I'd never thought of that. Thank you

[@sixteenstringjack]

come on, that's clearly not what he was saying@@separatist123

[@cheeseandonions9558]

This scene cannot be watched just once... Or even just 10 times. Every time you see something new.

[@_andyemcee_]

Like peeling back the layers of cheese.

[@shadowno9]

If life was a movie scene, this would be it.

[@eugenemorice8545]

One of the most impressive and haunting sequences in British cinema. Dario Marianelli's music here breaks your heart as you remember all those who never made it back and all those who did but were so horribly scarred. The sequence was famously filmed on Redcar beach with the locals as extras. This morning at 9 am (23 11 22) the blast furnace at the steel works that can be seen in the background was demolished by controlled explosion and the last vestiges of Redcar's biggest employer was no more. I guess as well as being an Elegy for Dunkirk this is now an Elegy for Redcar...

[@deathwitheponine]

What a very moving comment. I am very sorry for Redcar today, many months later.

[@NiallHorn]

The steelworks were digitally removed in this scene…

[@burnbobquist8999]

As good as Nolans Dunkirk was, the desperation and hopelessness in this scene tops the entire Dunkirk. To know that McAvoys character does not get home alive is heartbreaking.

[@khemib]

Dude you´ve spoilt me :(

[@ophelia4236]

No offense but it isn't exactly smart to read a comment section on a video like this before watching the film.

[@hiyaman2]

@@ophelia4236 Seriously lol. Theyre watching a video on youtube of a specific scene in a movie thats over 13 years old now, and theyre complaining about spoilers in the comment section?

[@inigobantok1579]

@@hiyaman2 because this is Dunkirk on that week in May to June of 1940 not the queue line bs Nolan intended heck even the film reels showed it was crowded and lots of panic

[@burnbobquist8999]

@@ophelia4236 Thx for pointing that out, i lost an overview over the replies. And yeah, why is someone complaing about a 10+ year old film, a specific memoreable scene from that movie and is than wondering when something is spoilerd? xD

[@luistwin]

What we can hear from the choir: With that deep hush subduing all Our words and works that drown The tender whisper of Thy call, As noiseless let Thy blessing fall As fell Thy manna down. Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace. Breathe through the heats of our desire Thy coolness and Thy balm; Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still, small voice of calm. Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways! Reclothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives Thy service find, In deeper reverence, praise. Rise up and follow Thee.

[@jorgematamoros3251]

Thank ❤

[@carowiedasmuster5672]

I love the mixture of Dario Marianellis soundtrack with a church song, the lyrics and the only men voices giving the apocalyptical end of war scene that is shown an even more dramatic undertone. My favorite movie scene of all really :) Also so sad because that is the last time he sees daylight before he leaves this world.

[@danreedy9061]

Very insightful comments. I turned on subtitles to understand this hymn more. Not sure if lyrics was a turning to the lord or a call to arms, but it sounds haunted, yet beautiful

[@aynrand7566]

@@danreedy9061 "Dear God and father of mankind". Look up this hymn.

[@morellish]

You are so right, it makes it so powerful. This take is beyond me. Baffled by how perfect it is.

[@MajPickles]

My grandfather was evacuated through Dunkirk. He almost never spoke about it. But what he did speak of, was the chaos, the uncertainty and desperation. I feel the brief description he gave me, reflects this. A great piece of cinematography.

[@waveali5620]

This is probably one of the most beautiful things I ever viewed in the a film. Just watching it again on KZbin leaves me in awe. Horribly sad to think about all the men who died on that beach.

[@chukwuedumobi8814]

This song sang by the soldiers made me tear up so much… i miss you Ifeanyi,rest in peace my friend… I miss u *tears*

[@sahibpreetsingh5514]

Absolute mad lad at 2:46 holding onto the ferris wheel. As emotional this whole scene is..that particular moment always makes me smile.

[@blank6132]

I never noticed that

[@mfitzburger5137]

The slightly chubby dude resting on the sand is my favorite. He's just chillin'.

[@blacklantern-mh2rb]

aleays makes me tear up...such an emotional scene

[@personifiedape5347]

It should with any red blooded Brit too!..

[@patrickfloresenciso526]

For this cinematography should'be won the Oscar.

[@umsadiza]

Best Epic scene ever... Perfect music synchro between Denouement theme and 'Dear Lord and Father of Mankind'. Touchable sadness.

[@vojtasjedyny]

Great scene. I love how music slowly blends with singing soldiers. Marvelous and very sad scene.

[@SB-pk6ul]

Definition of ART, The peak of humanity’s achievement.

[@Falkriim]

Such a powerful scene

[@radi0aktivetoy]

One seamless take. Extraordinary.

[@scarlettstorey5620]

this was filmed on my local beach- my mam use to go watch them set up when she was pregnant with me :)

[@stevetaylor8698]

And I still think of it as a recent film!

[@JW-zx5dr]

@@stevetaylor8698 2007 really isn’t that long ago in the grand scale of things, so yeah..I guess it still is reasonably new

[@omarmansour630]

"Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire" - beautiful line in the song, which to me is referring to the importance of always speaking the truth and fighting for what is right and just. Great song lyrics are timeless

[@ralphtrout5587]

when someone finds out I've lost a child, they say they can't imagine....I play them this....I've been searching....looking.......composing with no result worthy for 29 years to somehow capture in music the feelings.....Dario Marianelli succeeded albeit not his goal....this treasure continues to haunt me.....and it's never enough.

[@faisal5367]

May peace be upon you and your child :)

[@MegaSheen15]

That part with the horses always gets to me. Especially when it looked like that one horse didn’t die instantly

[@Nebkheperure837]

No horses were shot or killed. The horses were trained to fall to the ground at the sound of the blank firing.

[@JW-zx5dr]

Genuinely makes me tear up a little, it’s such a moving scene

[@pfefferminzprinz5642]

this movie is a masterpiece!

[@bw2082]

Elena Abelina except when the ending ruined it

[@edgarrobbins3375]

How on earth did Atonment not win best picture?

[@borfried]

That year it competed, the field was quite loaded -- No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Juno and Michael Clayton. I actually liked all of them (in a top all-time type of way) so I didn't mind who ended up winning.

[@samosullivan1744]

No Country For Old Men is amazing, but this film should have won the Oscar for Best Picture!

[@ricofauzan7716]

christopher nolan dunkirk should be like this

[@smekninga]

and it's not quite like this, I think this scene it's actually more dramatic than Nolan's

[@fabians181]

I loved Dunkirk, I think it's an awesome movie, but this scene of Atonement it's a powerfull, nostalgic and incredible scene, both are unique.

[@nurafrizal]

Nolan's dunkirk is intense, outstanding, and heart stopping. But this scene is breathtaking and pure melancholy. There's no way comparing two complete different things.

[@user-nt6lt1ji2m]

Rico Fauzan well if it was a love story with no battle scenes or practical effects it probably would have.

[@serkering8712]

@@user-nt6lt1ji2me can't compare. Different feelings were developed in the 2 movies : nostalgia in the one hand, fear in the second. They both did well. Thanks to Mr Nolan for chosing Dunkirk to film btw.

[@syedaambarinquadiry1339]

My favorite scene in the movie.

[@nyb_ok]

I have not seen Nolan's Dunkirk but Atonement's Dunkirk looks amazing.. Thank you for uploading..this is brilliant

[@ZbmwM5]

Really a gut wrenching movie and scene. A testament to how much music adds to film. ❤

[@Alae888]

been rewatching this movie for years, why is it so fucking good

[@nigelwright850]

An intensely moving moment when at 01:34... Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways! Reclothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives Thy service find, In deeper reverence, praise. In simple trust like theirs who heard Beside the Syrian sea The gracious calling of the Lord, Let us, like them, without a word Rise up and follow Thee. O Sabbath rest by Galilee! O calm of hills above, Where Jesus knelt to share with Thee The silence of eternity Interpreted by love! With that deep hush subduing all Our words and works that drown The tender whisper of Thy call, As noiseless let Thy blessing fall As fell Thy manna down. Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace. Breathe through the heats of our desire Thy coolness and Thy balm; Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still, small voice of calm.

No hay palabras para describir esta secuencia, simplemente magnífica!

[@ANDRESR2]

Espectacular. Vi 2 veces la peilcula "Atonement", buen argumento y buena pelicula. Pero esta escena de Dunkirk se roba el show. Lastima que fueron los ultimos momentos del muchacho, antes de morir y no poder regresar a Inglaterra.

[@faisal5367]

I swear, everytime I watch this scene or hearing that choir song, I cried. there's tears in my eyes. Especially seeing the fat man with bandage on his head, the old man in the back and the boy behind him, I just cant. I imagine that if they're the men I know, my family, friends, neighbors, I just can't watching them just like that.

[@maikpaulu4164]

Marinello made a masterpiece ... this is so touching deep and deeper ... better is not possible to show the fear and also the hope "I am coming home" (all the time within the choas) 😧

[@meljoy8599]

not a single cut. so impressive

[@kaspermygenfordt2323]

The tender whisper of Thy call As noiseless let Thy blessing fall As fell Thy manna down As fell Thy manna down Drop Thy still dews of quietness Till all our strivings cease Take from our souls the strain and stress And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace The beauty of Thy peace Breathe through the heats of our desire Thy coolness and Thy balm Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire O still, small voice of calm O still, small voice of calm

[@gregobrien4384]

Singing over the strings...heartbreakingly good.

[@karl-ns1vs]

one of the best scenes in all the war films ❤👌

[@MiracleWinchester]

Joe Wright's direction, Dario Marianelli's score OH JESUS THIS BROKE ME

[@1298Lewis]

Makes me cry everytime without fail

[@correiavr]

Was looking for this! Thank you for uploading it..

[@harryflashman5981]

Brilliant scene from a brilliant movie. Seen it many times and it never ceases to move me.

[@augustcomeon8259]

i cry every time...

[@perromendieta978]

The scene is so beatiful.

[@vincentvega22]

This scene only is better than all Dunkirk (2017).

[@patrickherremans5155]

WHAT.A.SCENE.

[@strawberry1025]

Exquisitely moving...

[@drewpitbull]

What a scene....

[@vulgarpicture71]

I d pay a ticket to watch this 18 times in a row, instead of Nolan's "epic"

[@SaturnVII]

Well most of the movie also isn't this, although this is a good movie. Watch this one with your lady, watch Dunkirk with the boys

[@IvyInception]

*“Take from our souls the strain and stress and let our ordered lives confess the beauty of thy peace”*

[@JoseGonzalez-pn8vm]

Gorgeous scene.

[@maggiewrench8406]

What sacrifices they made. Blessings upon them always x

[@AngelOfSilence20]

Perfect reconstruction. So powerful. All of Nolan's Dunkirk can't capture this emotional scene. I keep coming back over and over to rewatch this.

[@TG-ru4fd]

The lyrics... wow... Something I want played at my funeral

[@sultanmustafa71]

Everybody gangsta till the sky starts speaking German.

[@573355415]

After the deadly storm of doomsday swept through, the setting sun stretched Dunkirk's beach in a long, narrow shadow. Dark bloodstains adorned the muddy military attire, while souls and body fragments lay scattered on the ground. The acrid smoke of gunpowder carried away mournful spirits, which dissipated amidst the requiems of the remaining young soldiers. On the rickety Ferris wheel, the rotating carousel of endless reincarnation, and the stranded sunken ships, one can still see bullet holes and rust stains, carving the eternal crimson scars on the hearts of the lost.

[@Nabeel13498]

Epic. The soldier at 2:18 was singing something else entirely 😂

[@patschi7560]

Epic

[@norfangl3480]

One of the soldiers walking with Robbie is wearing an Iron Cross

[@kittenmittenkitten]

He must have stolen it from a dead German. It makes you wonder about this extra's story. Did he score that kill, or does he like to brag that he did? I'm sure it's technically against dress code to wear it, but I'm sure none of the officers mind as it's obviously a morale booster. And... it's this exactly sort of tiny, humanizing detail that makes this scene work.

[@Falkriim]

Huh, never noticed that. Nice catch.

[@Turk-1923]

Better than nolans dunkirk ... hope, despair, sadness.. best war scene ever and music to

[@b.a.r.s3008]

Сцена с поющим солдатом в "1917" явно была вдохновлена этой сценой! Ну и сам фильм Искупление просто вау!

[@ballybom]

Mesmerising!!! Well done to all involved. Wonderfull movie

[@OptimisticHominid]

In ya face Nolan! That's what a war movie look like.

[@kunalsahay]

Atonement is not a war movie.

[@declanrogers2334]

Filmed in my home town

[@bigshed51]

Lives long in the memory.

[@cnkaygn]

It's a remarkable scene.

[@nb7116]

Powerful scene...

[@lucwijngaard8413]

Never forget

[@cheeseandonions9558]

I first heard this song in Cinemix and thought this was Dunkirk 2017... Took me literally 3 months to realize it was another movie. o.O

[@sandrapopiel7779]

Freedom for all of us and all animals....love is the answer 💖please let us stop every war...

[@stevebn1071]

God is good. "...and to dust you shall return.."

[@hannahlynn8685]

Why are they shooting the horses?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@TheNaomeister]

Because they can't bring the horses with them and don't want to leave them for the Germans. It's the same reason they're breaking all the vehicles and burning all of their papers as well.

[@Senorgusanos]

Yep, war forces men to do the necessary. I'm such an animal lover so I hate seeing that but it is what they had to do.

[@krystofliska1104]

animal lover or "animal lover"??

[@BlitzOfTheReich]

especially since Germany was very reliant on horses for logistics and transport during the war.

[@Senorgusanos]

Either or

[@helenarichard]

You now realise someone is hanging from the wheel at 2:50

[@guyrichi3116]

Эта композиция так глубоко в душу зашла

[@HamburgerTime209]

This clip should've included their conversation with Bill Tennant and his staff.

[@Rab_1967]

For Elizabeth. R.I.P

[@BlitzOfTheReich]

that French soldiers uniform in 0:31 on the right is so cool. What is the name apart from the Adrian helmet?

[@Vantor01]

Blitzofthereich It's the model 1935 uniform with a cloak

[@BlitzOfTheReich]

thanks

[@Falkriim]

Yeah, that does look pretty cool

[@jbm1980]

This+alcohol=🥺

[@ralphtrout5587]

"HOW TO WIN AN OSCAR FOR ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE.......IN ONE SCENE !!

[@Harry-cp7tf]

3:44 that building has recently got turned into a cineworld

[@sickrantorum693]

Didn't care much for the rest of the movie but this single scene portrayed the hopelessness of the situation much better than Nolan's Dunkirk did.

[@07foxmulder]

I get that Atonement never got the recognition it deserved from the masses like Dunkirk did so now people gotta over-correct and bash Dunkirk because it was the “popular” depiction. But anytime someone whines about Dunkirk on an Atonement video, they come across as a contrarian and elitist. Like, we get it. You like the things that aren’t as popular.

[@theoturner1137]

Complaining about people complaining. This is pure irony my friend. Well done.

[@07foxmulder]

Lol found the elitist. Well done, my friend.

[@kingkiller5325]

Or and hear me out here, they are making valid complaints about Nolan not accurately depicting the war time conditions of Dunkirk because he was too busy obsessing over practical effects. And you calling anyone who points that out and elitist just makes you sound like a blind Nolan Fanboy. Which is much worse.

[@07foxmulder]

@@kingkiller5325 Lmao I actually think Atonement is the superior film overall and that Nolan is a good filmmaker, not great. Also, I never called fans defending Atonement’s depiction of Dunkirk elitists lol Read my comment again and this time, try to fully comprehend it.

[@beatrizjimenez6923]

Please someone tell me where to find the lyrics of what the soldiers sing please !!!!!!!

[@andresfelipeortizmunoz1799]

Dear Lord And Father of Mankind

[@christianebersold829]

Can someone tell in which second director Joe Wright appears ?

[@TheAdamisgay]

These 4 minutes were more powerful than anything in Nolan's movie.

[@jammydodgerman]

2:57 "Anyone seen Blake?"

[@thegoth9049]

im watching this for history class and i dont want to but i have to and im crying and im a whole mess

[@karl-ns1vs]

why was this not in the film ??

[@user-jy2fv2on2u]

😢

[@wax411]

Amazing. There Is more drama in this scene than in the whole Nolan`s movie

[@TenderHooligan]

Can you believe in Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" the beach was bare! Empty, just some helmets. Kind of ridiculous. This scene seems way more realistic?

[@07foxmulder]

Nolan’s was filmed at the actual beach so I’m sure there were restrictions with what he could use on set. I’d much rather see an empty beach than have him George Lucas in some random things here and there.

[@theoturner1137]

@@07foxmulder Too much CGI can detract from a film's realism. Nolan however used so little CGI that his version of Dunkirk suffers from it. By all means use real props and actors in the foreground, but for the sake of reality remove the 21st century French buildings from the background. The use of a French destroyer from the 1950's was also immersion breaking to anyone with even a passing interest in naval ships. Great cinematic qualities, poor historical realism.

[@manonithmbarek5419]

The same song in The Crown season 5, ep 8 !