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Breaking the Code (1996)

1h 31m · 17 Sep 1996
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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.

Movie ID128873
GenreDrama, History, TV Movie
DirectorHerbert Wise
Main castDerek Jacobi, Alun Armstrong, Blake Ritson, Prunella Scales, Harold Pinter, Julian Kerridge, Richard Johnson, Amanda Root
Release date17 September 1996
Release year1996
LanguageEnglish
Duration91 min (1h 31m)
Rating5.6 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseBBC

Director: Herbert Wise
Writers: Hugh Whitemore

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Derek JacobiAlan Turing Alun ArmstrongMick Ross Blake RitsonChristopher Morcom Prunella ScalesSara Turing Harold PinterJohn Smith
Julian KerridgeRon Miller
Richard JohnsonDilwyn 'Dilly' Knox Amanda RootPatricia 'Pat' Green William ManneringYoung Alan Turing

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