Breaking the Code

5.1
19961h 31m

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.

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Photo of Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Alan Turing

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Blake Ritson

Christopher Morcom

Photo of Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Sara Turing

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Harold Pinter

John Smith

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Richard Johnson

Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox

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Amanda Root

Patricia 'Pat' Green

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William Mannering

Young Alan Turing

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