Movie

Breaking the Code (1996)

• September 17, 1996
• 1h 31m

• History
• Drama
• TV Movie

Overview

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.

Director

Herbert Wise

Writers

Hugh Whitemore

Starring

Derek Jacobi, Alun Armstrong, Blake Ritson