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Breaking the Code (1996) | SpawnScore

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

Movies / English

Breaking the Code1996

IMDb

7.1/10741 votes

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56%19 votes

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Released: September 17, 1996
Runtime: 1h 31m
Language: English
Director: Herbert Wise

History
Drama
TV Movie

Story

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.

Cast

Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Alan Turing

Alun Armstrong

Alun Armstrong

Mick Ross

Blake Ritson

Blake Ritson

Christopher Morcom

Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Sara Turing

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