The True Enigma Was the Man Who Cracked The Code

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, Matthew Beard

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★☆ - near perfect

"Sometimes it's the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine." – Christopher Morcom

Why watch this? This engrossing story is based on the life of brilliant cryptographer Alan Turing.

Plot Summary: Mathematician Alan Turing and his team of codebreakers work for Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park during World War II. Facing the seemingly unbreakable Nazi Enigma machine, Turing attempts to build a device that can decipher its messages.

Dad's Preview: Alan Turing was a genius. He was also gay in England in the 1930's. This results in a painful personal life, yet professionally he was asked to work on breaking the most famous code in history: Germany's Enigma Code. Cumberbatch is remarkable in this must-see historical drama. The real Alan Turing was mercilessly persecuted and prosecuted by the British government for his "illegal" sexual orientation. He took his own life at age 41.

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