Breaking the Code (1996)
1h 31m
Running Time
September 17, 1996Release Date
Breaking the Code (1996)
1h 31m
Running Time
September 17, 1996Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
![Derek Jacobi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/11657-derek-jacobi.webp)
Derek Jacobi
Alan Turing
![Alun Armstrong](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8697-alun-armstrong.webp)
Alun Armstrong
Mick Ross
![Prunella Scales](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/46075-prunella-scales.webp)
Prunella Scales
Sara Turing
![Blake Ritson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48967-blake-ritson.webp)
Blake Ritson
Christopher Morcom
![Harold Pinter](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/49633-harold-pinter.webp)
Harold Pinter
John Smith
![William Mannering](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/301432-william-mannering.webp)
William Mannering
Young Alan Turing
![Julian Kerridge](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Julian Kerridge
Ron Miller
![Herbert Wise](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Herbert Wise
Director
![Richard Johnson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/14049-richard-johnson.webp)
Richard Johnson
Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox
![Andrew Hodges](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Andrew Hodges
Writer
![Hugh Whitemore](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hugh Whitemore
Writer
![Amanda Root](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/47902-amanda-root.webp)
Amanda Root
Patricia 'Pat' Green
![Jack Emery](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jack Emery
Producer
![Robin Vidgeon](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1143056-robin-vidgeon.webp)
Robin Vidgeon
Cinematographer
![Laurence Méry-Clark](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Laurence Méry-Clark
Editor
![Rebecca Eaton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/172701-rebecca-eaton.webp)
Rebecca Eaton
Executive Producer
![Richard Langridge](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Richard Langridge
Executive Producer
![Barbara Gosnold](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Barbara Gosnold
Production Design
![Kate Benton](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kate Benton
Makeup Artist
![Andrew Rowley](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Andrew Rowley
Producer
![Frances Tempest](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Frances Tempest
Costume Design
![Fiona McNeill](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Fiona McNeill
Art Direction
![Philip Alton](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Philip Alton
Sound Editor
![Pam Meager](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Pam Meager
Makeup Designer
![Pippa Ailion](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Pippa Ailion
Casting
![Kate Hodgson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kate Hodgson
Makeup Artist
![John Drury](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Drury
Executive Producer
![Maurice Hillier](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Maurice Hillier
Sound Recordist
Media.
![Breaking the Code](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/85386-breaking-the-code.webp)
Details.
Wiki.
Breaking the Code is a 1996 BBC television movie directed by Herbert Wise, based on the 1986 play by Hugh Whitemore about British mathematician Alan Turing, the play thematically links Turing's cryptographic activities with his attempts to grapple with his homosexuality.