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Breaking the Code 1996 Directed by Herbert Wise

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.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , History , TV Movie
Production Company BBC
Release Date 17 September 1996
91 mins
Cast
Derek Jacobi Alan Turing
Alun Armstrong Mick Ross
Blake Ritson Christopher Morcom
Prunella Scales Sara Turing
Harold Pinter John Smith
Julian Kerridge Ron Miller
Richard Johnson Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox
Amanda Root Patricia 'Pat' Green
William Mannering Young Alan Turing