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Breaking the Code (1996) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language
1996 · 91 mins · English
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Directed by
Herbert Wise
Starring
Alun Armstrong, Derek Jacobi, Richard Johnson, Amanda Root, Harold Pinter, William Mannering

A biography of English mathematician Alan Turing, a pioneering inventor of the digital computer and a central figure in cracking the German Enigma cipher that directed U‑boat orders during World II. The film also portrays his homosexuality, which was illegal in Britain at the time and made him a security concern.

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