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1996
  • Drama
  • History
  • TV Movie

Breaking the Code

Runtime
1h 31m
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Countries
  • GB
  • United Kingdom
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Languages
  • en
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.

Crew
Herbert Wise
Director
Hugh Whitemore
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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
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    Sept. 17, 1996
  • Original Language
    English
  • Production Companies
    • BBC

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