Breaking the Code (movie)

Breaking the Code (movie)

  • User score: 5.4
  • Production country: United Kingdom
  • Producer: Herbert Wise
  • Production companies: BBC
  • Genre: History, Drama, TV Movie
  • Release date: 9/17/1996
  • Run time: 91 min.

Movie description

A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when this was illegal, besides being a security risk.

Actors

Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Role(s): Alan Turing

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Alun Armstrong

Alun Armstrong

Role(s): Mick Ross

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Blake Ritson

Blake Ritson

Role(s): Christopher Morcom

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Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Role(s): Sara Turing

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Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

Role(s): John Smith

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