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14/11/2014 History, Drama, Thriller, War 1h 53m
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The true enigma was the man who cracked the code.

Overview

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

  1. Morten Tyldum

    Director

  2. Graham Moore

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Benedict Cumberbatch

    Alan Turing

  2. Keira Knightley

    Joan Clarke

  3. Matthew Goode

    Hugh Alexander

  4. Rory Kinnear

    Detective Robert Nock

  5. Allen Leech

    John Cairncross

  6. Matthew Beard

    Peter Hilton

  7. Charles Dance

    Commander Denniston

  8. Mark Strong

    Stewart Menzies

  9. James Northcote

    Jack Good

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Reviews

A review by r96sk
Written by r96sk on 2025-04-02
'The Imitation Game' is fascinating stuff. I watched 2001's 'Enigma' almost five years ago and do remember liking it, though I found it a bit too pedestrian (at least early on). This 2014 release does a greater job at telling the story of Alan Turing & Co.

Firstly, this did a particularly great job in terms of casting. Benedict Cumberbatch (and Alex Lawther) are terrific as the aforementioned. Keira Knightley (fittingly with a character middle named Elisabeth), Matthew Goode, Charles Dance and Mark Strong are all excellent support.

The WWII-centric plot makes for engros...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$14,000,000.00

Revenue
$233,555,708.00

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