Breaking the Code is a movie directed by Herbert Wise in 1996 and based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges, first published in 1983. The movie features Derek Jacobi, Alun Armstrong, Blake Ritson, William Mannering, Prunella Scales, Julian Kerridge, and others.
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Book by Hugh Whitemore
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Storyline
The story focuses on the life of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who helped decode the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. He also was one of the key contributors to the development of the digital computer. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when it was illegal.
Movie vs Book
Year
1996
Minutes
75
Movie Rate
7.20
Source: IMDb
Year
1983
Pages
608
Book Rate
7.52
S: Goodreads
Book
Alan Turing: The Enigma
Author: Andrew Hodges
Country: UK
First published in: 1983
Length: 608 pages
Genre: Biography
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Morten Tyldum
User polls & recommendations
“It was really important to me that people would experience the same feelings from the movie as they did from the book.”
PABLO BERGER (Filmmaker)
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