Enigma (2001) Movie poster and book cover compared.

Enigma

Michael Apted, 2001

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Enigma
Robert Harris, 1995

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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RATING

6.4

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Movie Poster: Enigma (Michael Apted, 2001)

7.7

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Book Cover: Enigma (Robert Harris, 1995)

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Audiobook cover of Enigma, the 1995 book by Robert Harris.

Enigma

Read by: Alan Howard

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

Poster of Enigma, the 2001 movie by Michael Apted

Year

2001

Minutes

119

Movie Rate

6.40

Source: IMDb

Cover of Enigma, the 1995 book by Robert Harris

Year

1995

Pages

390

Book Rate

7.74

S: Goodreads

Book

Enigma

Country: UK

First published in: 1995

Length: 390 pages

Genre: Fiction

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