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Breaking the Code

1996 · 1h 31m · Drama, History, TV Movie · United Kingdom

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.

Directed by
Herbert Wise
Written by
Hugh Whitemore
Starring
Derek Jacobi, Alun Armstrong, Blake Ritson, Prunella Scales
5.9Smart score

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