Breaking the Code

Herbert Wise
1996-09-17


5.4
91 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Derek Jacobi Alan Turing Unowned
Alun Armstrong Mick Ross Unowned
Blake Ritson Christopher Morcom Unowned
Prunella Scales Sara Turing Unowned
Harold Pinter John Smith Unowned
Julian Kerridge Ron Miller Unowned
Richard Johnson Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox Unowned
Amanda Root Patricia 'Pat' Green Unowned
William Mannering Young Alan Turing Unowned