
Enigma is a movie directed by Michael Apted in 2001 and based on the book of the same name by Robert Harris, first published in 1995. The movie features Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam, Corin Redgrave, Tom Hollander, and others.
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Storyline
In March 1943, when the Second World War was at its height, the cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, have a problem: the Nazi U-boats have changed one of their code reference books used for Enigma machine ciphers, leading to a blackout in the flow of vital naval signals intelligence.
Movie vs Book

Year
2001
Minutes
119
Movie Rate
6.40
Source: IMDb

Year
1995
Pages
390
Book Rate
7.74
S: Goodreads
Book
Enigma
Author: Robert Harris
Country: UK
First published in: 1995
Length: 390 pages
Genre: Fiction
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