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Director:
Herbert Wise
Writers:
Andrew Hodges (book)
Hugh Whitemore (play)
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Release Date:
2 February 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Plot:
A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
About thirty minutes too short more (8 total)

Cast

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Derek Jacobi ... Alan Turing
Alun Armstrong ... Mick Ross

Blake Ritson ... Christopher Morcom
William Mannering ... Young Alan Turing
Prunella Scales ... Sara Turing
Julian Kerridge ... Ron Miller
Harold Pinter ... John Smith
Richard Johnson ... Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox
Amanda Root ... Patricia 'Pat' Green
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
75 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Company:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) more

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Trivia:
The New York production of "Breaking the Code" by Hugh Whitemore opened at the Neil Simon Theater in New York on November 15, 1987 and ran for 169 performances. Derek Jacobi was nominated for the 1988 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and recreated his stage role in this film production. more
Quotes:
[giving friendly advice to Turing about his homosexuality which was regarded as illegal at the time]
Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox: I don't give a tuppenny damn whether you choose to go to bed with choirboys or cocker spaniels, but it would be wiser to keep your private life to yourself.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Zomergasten: (#10.5)" (1997) more

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2 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
About thirty minutes too short, 3 November 2006
8/10
Author: waltcosmos from United States

I was surprised when the movie ended when it did, as there was still a fair amount of ground to cover. This is probably one of the differences between British and American film. While the British acting is far superior to anything I've seen in the thousands of movies I've watched in my life, they do have a tendency to let opportunities slip by. I think they could have given us more on Turing being at Bletchly and actually breaking the ENIGMA code, (not just the social one). And I think it would have been interesting to position the Apple Computer logo...the rainbow colored apple with a bite taken out of it...into the movie as Wozniak's tribute to Turing (certainly it couldn't have been that other idiots idea...). But this was Britain, after all, so why should they lift a finger? Bloody Wogs.

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