Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
After surviving the Omaha Beach landing, an American captain leads a small squad inland across Normandy to find one paratrooper whose brothers have all been killed and send him home.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer≈ 00:00:30Inferred
An elderly veteran walks with his family among the white crosses and kneels at one grave.
- 2D-Day landing, Dog Green sector≈ 00:03:30Omaha Beach, NormandyStated on screen
Miller's company lands under murderous fire and fights its way off the beach and through the bunkers.
- 3Beachhead command post, days later≈ 00:33:00Omaha Beach, NormandyInferred
Miller is given the mission to find Private Ryan and picks up Upham, a translator who has never seen combat.
- 4Neuville≈ 00:45:00Neuville-au-Plain, Normandy, FranceStated on screen
In the rain-soaked ruins of Neuville, Caparzo is killed by a sniper and the squad finds the wrong James Ryan.
- 5German machine-gun nest at a radar station≈ 01:30:00Countryside of the Cotentin, NormandyInferred
- 6Bridge at Ramelle≈ 01:55:00Ramelle, Normandy (fictional)Stated on screenFictional
- 7Captain Miller's grave≈ 02:42:00Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-MerInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 49 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 7
- On foot: 49 km
- Not shown: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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