
Breaking the Code
54.00%
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September 17, 1996
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History, Drama, TV Movie
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.
Featured Crew
Herbert Wise
Director
Andrew Hodges
Book
Hugh Whitemore
Writer
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Cast

Derek Jacobi
Alan Turing

Alun Armstrong
Mick Ross

Blake Ritson
Christopher Morcom

Prunella Scales
Sara Turing

Harold Pinter
John Smith