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 |
| Camera | Robin Vidgeon | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Laurence Méry-Clark | Editor |
| Production | Pippa Ailion | Casting |
| Production | Andrew Rowley | Producer |
| Production | Jack Emery | Producer |
| Production | John Drury | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Philip Alton | Sound Editor |
| Production | Richard Langridge | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frances Tempest | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kate Benton | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Rebecca Eaton | Executive Producer |
| Art | Barbara Gosnold | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kate Hodgson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pam Meager | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Maurice Hillier | Sound Recordist |