Breaking the Code (1996)

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Breaking the Code on IMDb 7.2/10 587 votes

Released:
1996-09-17

Overview:
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.

Director:
Herbert Wise

Runtime:
1h 31min

Genre:
History, Drama, TV Movie

  • Cast:
  • Derek Jacobi
    as
    Alan Turing
  • Alun Armstrong
    as
    Mick Ross
  • Blake Ritson
    as
    Christopher Morcom
  • Prunella Scales
    as
    Sara Turing
  • Harold Pinter
    as
    John Smith