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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   9,180 votes
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Director:
Michael Apted
Writers (WGA):
Robert Harris (novel)
Tom Stoppard (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 September 2001 (UK) more
Tagline:
10,000,000,000,000,000+ combinations - 24 hours to get it right more
Plot:
A young genius frantically races against time to crack an enemy code and solve the mystery surrounding the woman he loves. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 5 nominations more
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Not a war movie for the masses more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Enigma - Das Geheimnis (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated R for a sex scene and language.
Runtime:
119 min
Language:
English | German
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Canada:14 (New Brunswick/Nova Scotia/Prince Edward Island) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario/Saskatchewan) | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 (f) | Brazil:14 | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #37517)
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Broadway Video more

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Thomas Jericho is loosely based on real-life mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954). more
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Anachronisms: In the opening scene we see concrete sleepers on the railway line which were not introduced until early 1980s. more
Quotes:
Wigram: Were you surprised when you heard that Admiral Donitz had changed the weather code?
Tom Jericho: Well, the Germans were always nervous about Enigma. That was the reason Shark came on in the first place...
Wigram: But the Germans believe Enigma's supposed to be infallible, because it would take people a thousand years to figure out the settings for one day, and they are changed every day. But we don't use people for that, do we, Mr. Jericho?
Tom Jericho: No.
Wigram: No. And that is the secret inside the secret: your thinking machines. Day and night, clackety-clack, programmed with a menu provided by your amazing brain, narrowing down the infinite possibilities to just a few million. And if anyone tells the Germans about that... there goes the war.
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Featured in The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV) more
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29 out of 34 people found the following comment useful:-
Not a war movie for the masses, 10 April 2005
8/10
Author: Philip Van der Veken from Tessenderlo, Belgium

'Enigma' is the kind of war movie that may not be loved by many people, mostly because there isn't much of action to be seen in it. At least, not the kind of action they would like to see: no heroically fighting soldiers, no breathtaking dogfights between the RAF and the Luftwaffe... But people like me, who are deeply interested in every aspect of the Second World War and who can appreciate a good story, certainly will love it.

It's March 1943 and the crypto-analysts at Britain's code-breaking center have discovered that the German U-boats have changed their Enigma Code. At first the English were able to read all their messages, but now they are back where they first started ... nowhere. Their only hope is the brilliant young man named Tom Jericho, who was able to crack the first code and who'll now have to do the same with the new one. In the meantime Tom's girlfriend Claire has disappeared and at the same time it is believed that there is a spy in the ranks of the code-breakers. When looking for his lost girlfriend and investigating her personal life, he uncovers some personal and international betrayals...

However it is clear that the main story of this movie is fictional, the entire movie is certainly interesting to watch. I mean, I have never had the chance to see how this enigma machines really worked, so I really appreciated the fact that it was shown so well in this movie. What I also liked in this movie was the love story that certainly wasn't too corny or overwhelming. It was an interesting part of the story that never bothered me, it just made the movie even better.

As I already said, this may not be the kind of war movie for the masses, but I liked it and that's why I give it at least a 7.5/10, perhaps even an 8/10.

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