Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

Movie 1996-09-17 1h 31m History Drama TV Movie
★ 5.6 / 10 · 19 votes

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.

Status
Released
Studio
BBC
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Director
Herbert Wise
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 Harold Pinter Harold Pinter John Smith
Julian Kerridge Julian Kerridge Ron Miller
Richard Johnson Richard Johnson Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox Amanda Root Amanda Root Patricia 'Pat' Green
William Mannering William Mannering Young Alan Turing
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