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Released
2012 · FILM

Codebreaker

Genius. Hero. Outcast.

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Runtime
84 min
DocumentaryDramaHistory

Synopsis

Alan Turing was a British mathematician who played a key role in breaking the German naval Enigma code during World War II, an effort that is widely regarded as having saved millions of lives. His contributions were not fully recognized during his lifetime. In 1952, he was convicted of "gross indecency" for having a relationship with another man, a criminal offense at the time. As part of his sentence, Turing underwent chemical castration. He died by cyanide poisoning in 1954 at the age of 41. His death was attributed to despair, brought on by the persecution he faced from the country he had helped to save.

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Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Leigh BrzeskiShot by Rob GoldieScored by Edward White

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