Recent movie about the Enigma machine

Hi, I am searching for the name of the movie that appeared in the cinema recently and in which a british scientist helped uncover the Enigma machine code. I would love to see this movie.

Thanks for your help!

 

I thought it an entertaining movie and it motivated me to do quite a bit of reading on the subject afterwards to learn the full, true story. I had a general knowlege of the subject from ancillary sources, but had never studied up on it indepth. That is until after seeing the movie.

 

I too thought it was an interesting movie to watch and it also piqued my interest in the real story. Unless it is advertised as a documentary I expect it to be fiction. I found it sad when the last of the UK's machines/early computers was destroyed. It seems like a priceless artifact. I imagine Turning was a key player at Bletchley , not the only key player . It is an ultimate irony, to me anyway, that he was prosecuted the way he was when now the prosecution would be considered criminal in civilized countries today..

Did the Soviets , in fact, have a direct link into Betchley ? I am emrarassed I do not already know this.. I seem to remember we had a thread going on this subject at one time.

Gaines

 

Thanks guys, yes it was this movie I was searching for. I have to see it.

 

Hi Fred Wilson. I dont understand the link between your video and the subject of my thread?

 

Off topic or non working links have been hidden or removed.

I too saw the film recently, reinforced my opinion of Cumberbatch as a excellent actor.

 

Thanks Belasar.

 

Fred your video's will not play in the US. Cease and desist.

 

Hmmm. That is a surprize. It is a tremendous movie.
The Movie is called The Imitation Game.

Awards Galore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_The_Imitation_Game

Another good one, found on Youtube at is the Drama The Turing Enigma. See: watch?v=_UKd_QGbJwg

My Youtube links were to the best of the best Youtube documentaries on Enigma.
For those not already up on this, a good collection to view while waiting for the movie or for it to run in your country.

My toppo list of many many out there:
- Finish off the url with its identifier code. Aka: https://www.youtube.com/

Bletchley Park Alan Turing The Bombe Part 1 and 2. watch?v=RYbTeqRs5fA
Bletchley Park Station X1 Keys To The Reich. watch?v=iQOnkYVnptE
Bletchley Park Station X2 Goose Golden Eggs. watch?v=_jgiywQrAzc
Bletchley Park Station X3 Ultra Secret. watch?v=xjM7bJNAITo
Bletchley Park Station X4 War of the Machines. watch?v=J4MBwIl4Ybo
Cracking Turings Enigma Code Intro. watch?v=Hb44bGY2KdU
Bletchley Park Secrets of Code Breaking. watch?v=8ABMufXBQEM
Bletchley Park From Code Breaking to Computing. watch?v=6p3mhkNgRXs
Bletchley Park's Math Code Breakers. watch?v= can't find at the moment
Bletchley Park Capt Jerry Roberts. watch?v=m1bJHG95Xn8
Bletchley Parks Mathematics, Tommy Flowers. watch?v=
Enigma Battle Of Kursk. watch?v= can't find at the moment

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28167071

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/12158055/Polish-codebreakers-cracked-Enigma-before-Alan-Turing.html

A couple of articles which may be of interest to you.

I haven't seen the film yet. I'm looking forward to doing so.

 

Thanks Cecylia for the links. Interesting point of view that show not only british decrypted the Enigma machine.

 

Benedidict Cumberbatch (Alan Turing) made a very good act in the Imitation Game and was rightly nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best leading male actor".

Another enigma related film is the U-571 from 2000, although that story is pure fictional.

 

Not many people know that a team of young Polish mathematicians were the first to crack the enigma code, but it was for the commercial Enigma, not the military version. There is a Polish film from 1979 about that called "Sekret Enigma". I don't know of any English name for it though.[SIZE=11pt] [/SIZE]

It should be mentioned that the French cryptographer Gustave Bertrand assisted the young Poles. A lot of the basic information were given to the British, which finally enabled Alan Turing and his team to crack the military code after the machine had been captured by the crew of HMS Bulldog. Also, vital information, such as important code books, had been captured in May 1941 of the German weather ship München, and in June 1941 of the supply ship Gedania and weather ship Lauenburg.

 

[QUOTE = "stgrhe, post: 647257, member: 31757"] Niewiele osób wie, że zespół młodych polskich matematyków jako pierwszy złamał kod enigmy, ale chodziło o komercyjną Enigmę, a nie wersję militarną. Jest taki polski film z 1979 roku zatytułowany „Sekret Enigma”. Nie znam na to żadnej angielskiej nazwy. [SIZE = 11pt] [/ SIZE]

Należy wspomnieć, że młodym Polakom pomagał francuski kryptograf Gustave Bertrand. Brytyjczykom przekazano wiele podstawowych informacji, co ostatecznie umożliwiło Alanowi Turingowi i jego zespołowi złamanie kodu wojskowego po przejęciu maszyny przez załogę HMS Bulldog. Również ważne informacje, takie jak ważne książki kodowe, zostały przechwycone w maju 1941 roku z niemieckiego statku meteorologicznego München, aw czerwcu 1941 ze statku zaopatrzeniowego Gedania i statku meteorologicznego Lauenburg. [/ QUOTE]

Masz rację, niedawno znalazłem film o tym i myślę, że jest całkiem interesujący.
Enigma. We have got news - Finding a missing report

 

A very good movie with excellent acting, telling an important story that helped to save lives. Awful treatment of Alan Turing by society.

 

The American version lesser known read about it.

 

I'd be happy to - do you mean read a book on the American version? What is the title please?

 

There are many. "Combined Fleet Decoded" by John Prados is a good place to start.

One could say that Joseph John Rochefort was the American equivalent to the treatment of Turing. Rochefort did not play the political games, and his abilities made others jealous of him. Despite being instrumental in breaking Japanese codes, after Midway, he was quickly forced out of code breaking, and giving command of a floating dry dock.