Breaking the Code

1996

1h 31m

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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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Andrew Hodges(book by)
Hugh Whitemore(writer by)
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Derek Jacobi
Alan Turing
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Blake Ritson
Christopher Morcom
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Prunella Scales
Sara Turing
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Harold Pinter
John Smith
Julian Kerridge
Ron Miller
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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

Directors

Writers

Andrew Hodges(book by)
Hugh Whitemore(writer by)

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Release date

September 17, 1996 (United States)

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Language

English

Production company

BBC

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