Benedict Cumberbatch
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Dec 25, 2014 · With Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear. During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
- Morten Tyldum
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The Imitation Game is a 2014 American period biographical thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore, based on the 1983 biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges. The film's title quotes the name of the game cryptanalyst Alan Turing proposed for answering the question "Can machines think?", in his 1950 seminal ...
- $233.6 million
- Alexandre Desplat
- $14 million
The main focus of Turing’s work at Bletchley was in cracking the ‘Enigma’ code. The Enigma was a type of enciphering machine used by the German armed forces to send messages securely.
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Nov 28, 2014 · Turing, played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the film, is credited as the father of computer science. He cracked codes produced by the German military’s seemingly unbreakable Enigma machine...
- Eliana Dockterman
Dec 3, 2014 · Christopher rescues Alan after he’s nailed under the floorboards by bullies, teaches Alan to communicate via codes and ciphers, flirts with Alan, and then suddenly dies of bovine...
In 1939, newly created British intelligence agency MI6 recruits Cambridge mathematics alumnus Alan Turing to crack Nazi codes, including Enigma -- which cryptanalysts had thought unbreakable. Turing's team, including Joan Clarke, analyze Enigma messages while he builds a machine to decipher them.
Watch The Imitation Game | Netflix. During World War II, a mathematician leads a team of cryptanalysts as they work feverishly to break the Germans' notorious Enigma code. Watch trailers & learn more.
