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Breaking the Code

Sep 17, 1996 · 1h 31m
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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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Derek Jacobi
Alan Turing
Alun Armstrong
Mick Ross
Blake Ritson
Christopher Morcom
Prunella Scales
Sara Turing
Harold Pinter
John Smith
Julian Kerridge
Ron Miller
Richard Johnson
Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox
Amanda Root
Patricia 'Pat' Green
Directed by Herbert Wise

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EN
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BBC
Country
GB
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