Enigma (2001)

A young genius frantically races against time to crack an enemy code and solve the mystery surrounding the woman he loves.

Director:

Michael Apted

Writers:

Robert Harris (novel), Tom Stoppard (screenplay)

Stars:

Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows

3 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dougray Scott	...	Thomas Jericho
Kate Winslet	...	Hester Wallace
Saffron Burrows	...	Claire
Jeremy Northam	...	Wigram
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	...	Puck (as Nikolaj Coster Waldau)
Tom Hollander	...	Logie
Donald Sumpter	...	Leveret
Matthew Macfadyen	...	Cave
Richard Leaf	...	Baxter
Ian Felce	...	Proudfoot
Bohdan Poraj	...	Pinker
Paul Rattray	...	Kingcome
Richard Katz	...	De Brooke
Tom Fisher	...	Upjohn
Robert Pugh	...	Skynner

Storyline

During the heart of World War II, in March of 1943, cryptoanalysts at Britain's code-breaking center have discovered to their horror that Nazi U-boats have changed their Enigma Code. Authorities enlist the help of a brilliant young man named Tom Jericho to help them break the code again. The possibility of a spy within the British code-breakers' ranks looms and Tom's love, Claire, has disappeared. To solve the mysteries, Tom recruits Claire's best friend, Hester Wallace. In investigating Claire's personal life, the pair discovers personal and international betrayals.

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Plot Keywords:

code breaking | traitor | world war two | bletchley park | spy | 

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Taglines:

Crack the Code

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for a sex scene and language

Details

Country:

UK USA Germany Netherlands

Language:

English German

Release Date:

7 June 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Enigma - Das Geheimnis

Filming Locations:

Trafalgar Square, St James's, London, England, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£796,776 (United Kingdom), 30 September 2001, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$156,587, 21 April 2002, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$4,298,329, 24 November 2002

Company Credits

Production Co:

Manhattan Pictures International, Intermedia Films, Senator Film Produktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Thomas Jericho is loosely based on real-life mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954).

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Goofs

The black chimneys of Portcullis House, built in the late 1990s, can be seen in the long shots of the Houses of Parliament.

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Quotes

Hester Wallace: I seem to move in an endless circle, Mr. Jericho, from one patronizing male to another, always telling me what I am and am not allowed to know. Well, that ends here.

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Connections

Referenced in Enigma: Behind the Scenes (2002)

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Soundtracks

You'll Never Know
(1943)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
© Bregman Vocco and Conn Inc.
By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Limited
Performed by Anne Shelton
Licensed courtesy of Decca Music Group Limited

User Reviews

Read the book

... it is a faithful and gripping account of the activities of Alan Turing and the Bletchley Park codebreakers. The film is a soggy, anachronistic, fictionalised mess. The truth is far stranger and more compelling. A waste of an opportunity to redress the imbalance created by "U-5