Breaking the Code

1h 31min

History

Drama

TV Movie

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

Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Alan Turing
Blake Ritson

Blake Ritson

Christopher Morcom
Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Sara Turing
Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

John Smith
Julian Kerridge

Julian Kerridge

Ron Miller
Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson

Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox
Amanda Root

Amanda Root

Patricia 'Pat' Green
William Mannering

William Mannering

Young Alan Turing

Release date

17th Sep 1996

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English