The true enigma was the man who cracked the code.
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.
- 8.0
- 2014
- Released
- 1h 53m
Benedict Cumberbatch
Alan Turing
Keira Knightley
Joan Clarke
Matthew Goode
Hugh Alexander
Rory Kinnear
Detective Robert Nock
Allen Leech
John Cairncross
Matthew Beard
Peter Hilton
Charles Dance
Commander Denniston
Mark Strong
Stewart Menzies
James Northcote
Jack Good
Tom Goodman-Hill
Sergeant Staehl
Steven Waddington
Superintendent Smith
Ilan Goodman
Keith Furman
Jack Tarlton
Charles Richards
Alex Lawther
Young Alan Turing
Jack Bannon
Christopher Morcom
Tuppence Middleton
Helen
Dominic Charman
Sherborne Student 1
James G. Nunn
Sherborne Student 2
David Charkham
Joan's Father
Victoria Wicks
Joan's Mother
Andrew Havill
Teacher
Laurence Kennedy
Headmaster
Tim van Eyken
MI6 Agent
Will Bowden
Military PolicemanMiranda Bell
Margaret
Tim Steed
Electrical AssistantHayley Joanne Bacon
Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Nicholas Blatt
Ministry Man (uncredited)
Ancuta Breaban
Wren (uncredited)Alex Corbet Burcher
Dancer (uncredited)
Grace Calder
Assistant Wren (uncredited)Richard Campbell
Crossword Man in Pub (uncredited)
Daniel Chapple
MI6 Agent (uncredited)Lisa Colquhoun
Joan Clarke's Friend (uncredited)
Alexander Cooper
Bletchley Park Agent (uncredited)Leigh Dent
Passerby (uncredited)Sam Exley
Military Policeman 3 (uncredited)
Dennis Good
Civilian (uncredited)
Debra Leigh-Taylor
Evacuee (uncredited)
Stuart Matthews
Bletchley Park Operative (uncredited)Joseph Oliveira
MI6 Agent (uncredited)
David G. Robinson
Police Sergeant White (uncredited)
Mark Underwood
Crossword Man (uncredited)Josh Wichard
German Pilot (uncredited)Joshua Wichard
German Spy Plane Pilot (uncredited)
Released
en
$14,000,000.00
$233,555,708.00
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- #codes
- #suspenseful
- #tragic
Reviews
<em>'The Imitation Game'</em> is fascinating stuff. I watched 2001's <em>'Enigma'</em> 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 th
Whilst I did enjoy this telling of the wartime efforts of the British code-breakers at Bletchley Park, I think I prefer Sir Derek Jacobi's 1996 interpretation of the achievements of Alan Turing, the brilliant mathematician who led a team of enigmatic individuals who broke the Nazi "Enigma" code. Benedict Cumberbatch is really just reprising his BBC "Sherlock" characterisation - even down to the pe
Benedict Cumberbatch is fantastic in this movie. I really dug this. Love movies set during WWII and this one encapsulates it brilliantly. Felt they did the story justice while also having an underlying message on acceptance. **Score:** _90%_ **Verdict:** _Excellent_
The first time I saw this movie, I loved it. It made me want to learn more about Alan Turing, but the more I learned, the more I realised how inaccurate this movie is. It is well acted, well produced, well cast, and I would still love it if not for the fact that it differs so much from what really happened that it would have been more appropriate to change all the names and portray it as purely hi