The Codebreaker is a documentary directed by Chana Gazit in 2021 and based on the book The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America’s Enemies by Jason Fagone, first published in 2017. The documentary features Kate Burton, Jason Fagone, Amy Butler Greenfield, Vince Houghton, Rose Mary Sheldon, David A. Hatch, and others.
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Storyline
The compelling tale of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a trailblazing cryptanalyst whose meticulous efforts in decoding thousands of messages for the U.S government led to the incarceration of notorious criminals and the dismantling of a vast, almost undetectable Nazi espionage network during WWII.
Movie vs Book
Year
2021
Minutes
53
Movie Rate
8.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Codebreaker
Original title: American Experience: The Codebreaker
Director: Chana Gazit
Country: USA
Year: 2021
Length: 53m
Year
2017
Pages
444
Book Rate
8.16
S: Goodreads
Book
The Woman Who Smashed Codes
Subtitle: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies
Author: Jason Fagone
Country: USA
First published in: 2017
Length: 444 pages
Genre: Biography
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“There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?”
NEIL JORDAN (Filmmaker)
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