Breaking the Code (1996)
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.
Director: Herbert Wise
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Derek Jacobi as Alan Turing |
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Alun Armstrong as Mick Ross |
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Blake Ritson as Christopher Morcom |
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Prunella Scales as Sara Turing |
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Harold Pinter as John Smith |
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Julian Kerridge as Ron Miller |
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Richard Johnson as Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox |
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Amanda Root as Patricia 'Pat' Green |
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William Mannering as Young Alan Turing |
| Directing | Herbert Wise | Director |
| Writing | Andrew Hodges | Book |
| Writing | Hugh Whitemore | Writer |
| Art | Fiona McNeill | Art Direction |
| Production | Rebecca Eaton | Executive Producer |
| Production | John Drury | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kate Benton | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frances Tempest | Costume Design |
| Editing | Laurence Méry-Clark | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pam Meager | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Richard Langridge | Executive Producer |
| Production | Andrew Rowley | Producer |
| Camera | Robin Vidgeon | Director of Photography |
| Production | Pippa Ailion | Casting |
| Production | Jack Emery | Producer |
| Art | Barbara Gosnold | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kate Hodgson | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Philip Alton | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Maurice Hillier | Sound Recordist |