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Codebreaker

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  • 20112011
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  • 1h 2m
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Codebreaker (2011)
DocumentaryBiographyDrama
The highs and lows of Alan Turing's life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1954. In the last 18 months of his short life,... Read allThe highs and lows of Alan Turing's life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1954. In the last 18 months of his short life, Turing visited a psychiatrist, Dr. Franz Greenbaum, who tried to help him. Each therapy s... Read allThe highs and lows of Alan Turing's life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1954. In the last 18 months of his short life, Turing visited a psychiatrist, Dr. Franz Greenbaum, who tried to help him. Each therapy session in this drama documentary is based on real events. The conversations between Turing... Read all
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    • Clare Beavan
    • Nic Stacey(documentary director)
    • Craig Warner(dramatic reconstructions written by)
  • Stars
    • Ed Stoppard
    • Henry Goodman
    • Paul McGann(voice)
    • Clare Beavan
    • Nic Stacey(documentary director)
    • Craig Warner(dramatic reconstructions written by)
  • Stars
    • Ed Stoppard
    • Henry Goodman
    • Paul McGann(voice)
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    • 3Critic reviews
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    Ed Stoppard
    Ed Stoppard
    • Alan Turing
    Henry Goodman
    Henry Goodman
    • Franz Greenbaum
    Paul McGann
    Paul McGann
    • Self - Narrator
    • (voice)
    Asa Briggs
    • Self - Codebreaker, Bletchley Park
    Jean Valentine
    • Self - WRNS and Bombe Operator, Bletchley Park
    David Leavitt
    David Leavitt
    • Self - Alan Turing's Biographer
    Rolf Noskwith
    • Self - Codebreaker, Bletchley Park
    Dermot Turing
    • Self - Alan Turing's Nephew
    Christopher Morcom
    • Self - Christopher Morcom's Nephew
    • (as Christopher Morcom QC)
    Ian Stewart
    • Self - University of Warwick
    • (as Professor Ian Stewart)
    Martin Davis
    • Self - Author, 'Engines of Logic'
    • (as Professor Martin Davis)
    Matt Parker
    Matt Parker
    • Self - Queen Mary, University of London
    • (as Dr Matt Parker)
    Steve Wozniak
    Steve Wozniak
    • Self - Co-Founder, Apple
    Alma Whitten
    • Self - Google
    • (as Dr Alma Whitten)
    Tony Sale
    • Self - National Museum of Computing
    Simon Schaffer
    • Self - University of Cambridge
    • (as Professor Simon Schaffer)
    Jeffrey Weeks
    • Self - London South Bank University
    • (as Professor Jeffrey Weeks)
    Allan Pacey
    • Self - University of Sheffield
    • (as Dr Allan Pacey)
      • Clare Beavan
      • Nic Stacey(documentary director)
      • Craig Warner(dramatic reconstructions written by)
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      Alan Turing: I think if you find a person like that; And I don't think everybody does find one; In fact I think it's terribly rare; Then all you thought before; All your plans for yourself; You realize they were just filling a gap; They were just something for you to do while you were waiting for this person. And everything you want to be is something for him not yourself. There is a drawback, however; Finding such a person makes everybody else appear so ordinary. And if anything happens to him, you've got nothing left but to return to the ordinary world; And a kind of isolation that never existed before.

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    1/10
    Light on science...
    heavy on social indoctrination....

    The main reason I tried to watch this film was to learn about Turing's professional accomplishments. Instead, I had to endure for more than 70% of the running time the victimization of Turing.

    The guy was a homosexual, and because of it, it seems, it has reached sainthood...

    The more interesting questions were never answered: Why was he a genius? How did he decode the enigma machine? Why is he so important for computers and computer sciences?

    Did learn anything from it? No, I was only reminded many, many times that Turing was gay...
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      • November 21, 2011 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • Channel 4 (United Kingdom)
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      • English
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      • London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Story Center Films
      • Furnace
      • Channel 4 Television Corporation
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