• Source: Breaking the Code (film)

      • Breaking the Code is a 1996 BBC television movie directed by Herbert Wise, based on the 1986 play by Hugh Whitemore about British mathematician Alan Turing, the play thematically links Turing's cryptographic activities with his attempts to grapple with his homosexuality.


      Plot


      The story focuses on the life of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who helped decode the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. He also was one of the key contributors to the development of the digital computer. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when it was illegal.


      Cast


      Derek Jacobi as Alan Turing
      William Mannering as Young Alan Turing
      Alun Armstrong as Mick Ross
      Blake Ritson as Christopher Morcom
      Prunella Scales as Sara Turing
      Harold Pinter as John Smith
      Richard Johnson as Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox
      Amanda Root as Patricia 'Pat' Green
      Julian Kerridge as Ron Miller


      Production




      = Development

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      Derek Jacobi starred in an eight-month run of the play at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London's West End beginning on 21 October 1986, and he stayed with the play when it ran on Broadway in New York City from 15 November 1987, to 10 April 1988.


      = Broadcast

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      It was broadcast by the BBC on 2 February 1996, and in the United States by PBS on Masterpiece Theatre. A producer's cut was released on DVD in 2012.


      Reception


      It won a Broadcasting Press Guild Award and was nominated for two BAFTA TV awards, for best single drama and best actor, and for a GLAAD Media Award.


      References




      External links


      Breaking the Code at IMDb
      Breaking the Code movie trailer

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