TMDb Rating
5.1/10
16 verified votes
Breaking the Code (1996)
HistoryDramaTV Movie
91 min
Plot Summary
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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HistoryDramaTV MovieHerbert WiseDerek JacobiAlun Armstrong1996
Director
Herbert Wise
Top Cast
Derek JacobiAlun ArmstrongBlake RitsonPrunella ScalesHarold Pinter
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