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Breaking the Code

54 %|Sep 17, 1996|History, Drama, TV Movie

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.

Featured Crew

Herbert Wise
Director
Andrew Hodges
Book
Hugh Whitemore
Writer
Fiona McNeill
Art Direction
Robin Vidgeon
Director of Photography
Laurence Méry-Clark
Editor
Pippa Ailion
Casting
Andrew Rowley
Producer

Cast

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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
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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