Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Name: Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
Director: Clare Beavan, Nic Stacey
Genre: Documentary, Drama, History
Released: 2012-10-17
Duration: 84 min
Cast: Ed Stoppard, Henry Goodman, Paul McGann, Asa Briggs, Jean Valentine

“Genius. Hero. Outcast.”

2012
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1h 24m

★ 6.0 TMDB Rating · 34 votes

Alan Turing is the genius British mathematician who was instrumental in breaking the German naval Enigma Code during World War II, arguably saving millions of lives. Turing's achievements went unrecognised during his lifetime. Instead he ended up being treated as a common criminal, for being homosexual at a time when homosexual acts were a crime. In 1952, he was convicted of 'gross indecency' with another man and was forced to undergo so-called 'organo-therapy' - chemical castration. Two years later, he killed himself with cyanide, aged just 41. Alan Turing was driven to a terrible despair and early death by the nation he'd done so much to save.

Director: Clare Beavan, Nic Stacey
Release date: Oct 17, 2012
Original language: English
Origin: United Kingdom

Cast of Britain's Greatest Codebreaker

Ed Stoppard
Alan Turing
Henry Goodman
Franz Greenbaum
Paul McGann
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Asa Briggs
Himself - Codebreaker, Bletchley Park
Jean Valentine
Herself - WRNS and Bombe Operator, Bletchley Park
David Leavitt
Himself - Alan Turing's Biographer
Rolf Noskwith
Himself - Codebreaker, Bletchley Park
Dermot Turing
Himself - Alan Turing's Nephew
Christopher Morcom
Himself - Christopher Morcom's Nephew (as Christopher Morcom QC)
Ian Stewart
Himself - University of Warwick (as Professor Ian Stewart)

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