Atonement

In the section of the movie set in 1935, there is a scene where Robbie is daydreaming and the image of a four engined bomber crosses the screen.

The plane is in fact an Avro Lancaster, which entered service in 1942.

Newsreel footage from the War mentions Queen Elizabeth.

Some have incorrectly assumed that it refers to 'Queen Elizabeth II' (qv), who was crowned in 1952.

However, the film shows the future 'Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother' (qv), wife of 'King George VI' (qv), who was called Queen Elizabeth at the time.

During the library scene, Cecilia slips her shoe off while making love.

When Briony interrupts, both of Cecilia's shoes are still on.

In the scene where Robbie is writing the letter to Cecilia, we see a record being put on a phonograph.

The recording is from what some consider the greatest operatic recording ever of opera La Bohème by 'Giacomo Puccini' (qv), but it was recorded as late as 1956 by Sir 'Thomas Beecham' (qv), with 'Jussi Bjorling' and Victoria de los Angeles During the dinner party scene, Cecilia's fingernails go from being painted to unpainted, with no break in the action allowing her time to have removed the nail polish.

When Robbie gives Briony the letter for her sister, she arrives at the fence with the hem of her collar down.

In the next shot, her collar is up.

In the next shot, it's down again.

In the scene in London streets, when Robbie and Cecilia are walking, the lens of the steady cam can be seen clearly reflected in the window of a parked car.

When Cecilia and Robbie are in the restaurant drinking tea, Robbie has a full cup.

Then the camera moves.

When the camera goes back to him and he starts to drink the tea, there is no tea in the cup at all.

In the scene when Robbie types the letter, he starts it with "In my dreams" and then presses return and starts a NEW line with "I kiss your c**t.

" But later when Briony opens the letter after the rape has occurred, the first line in the letter is "In my dreams I".

The second line then starts "kiss your c**t, your sweet wet c**t.

" In the scene where Robbie types his "In my dreams" letter, he finishes the letter placing the period only a little ways from the edge of the paper.

But when he removes the letter from the typewriter and goes to fold it, the words and period are closer to the center of the paper.

In the British Army, brassards (armband) are used on uniforms to denote temporary rank or insignia.

They are always worn on the right arm for uniformity.

In the movie, Robbie's brassard is on his left arm whilst his colleague's is on his right.

There is no insignia shown on either brassard.

As the three soldiers are walking back to the coast, three war planes are reflected in the stream next to them ("Some poor blighter's going to catch a packet!") From that camera angle, the originals should be visible in the sky.

In the lake scene at the manor house, Cecilia is lying on her back on the springboard with her left leg over her right in the first shot.

When the shot changes to a closer one with her feet towards the camera, she has her right leg over her left.

On arriving on the beach at Dunkirk, Robbie is told of the sinking of the Lancastria and the loss of 3000 men.

This event actually occurred 17 days later on June 17 1940.

The last day of Dunkirk evacuation was the 4th of June, not the 1st.

The Navy officer tells Robbie that there were 300,000 men waiting on the beach, but the 1st of June, there were about 118,000 soldiers waiting.

When Briony drops her flashlight and runs to Lola's side in the woods there is a second flashlight shining on the two, even though no one else is there.

As the film opens, "England 1935" is displayed.

When Robbie is in France, "Four years later" is displayed, which would mean 1939.

But the retreat to Dunkirk, during which the scene took place, was in the second half of May 1940, which would be nearly 5 years later.

The date of the Balham tube station bombing and flood is incorrectly stated by elderly Briony as being "the 15th of October, 1940.

" The date of the actual event was October 14th, 1940.

Any apparent continuity errors in the fountain scene - the position of the vase, the tennis shoes, Robbie's sitting position, Cecilia's strap slip, the buttons on her blouse etc.

- are not what they seemwe are seeing the same event in different ways through different pairs of eyes.

In the scene where the older Briony visits Cecilia, the actor's marks, which are bright orange strips of tape, are clearly visible on the floor next to Cecilia's feet.

The birthmark under Briony's right eye is too close the the nose on the portrayal of Briony at 18 years old, compared to the other two ages.

It also looks way too raised compared to that of her at 13 and 77 (which could understandably fade in later life).

In the Dunkirk beach scene, after Robbie and Tommy walk around the stern of the boat, one of the horses that had just been shot can be seen trying to get up again.

When Celia is killed by the flood in "Balham" tube station the sign behind her says Aldywch.

(Only half of the letters are visible, but they are Ald.