Secret of Enigma
Released: September 1, 1979Runtime: 158 minLanguage: PL
Three Polish mathematicians are the first to crack the sophisticated Enigma code used by the Germans just before the Second World War. They build replicas of the Enigma machines and manage to get two of the machines to the British and French code-breakers before the German invasion of Poland in 1939; they ask that recognition be given to their work at the end of the war. After the invasion, the Polish cipher bureau escapes and continues their decoding in Algeria and unoccupied France.
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Tadeusz Borowski
as Marian Rejewski
Piotr Fronczewski
as Jerzy Rózycki
Piotr Garlicki
as Henryk Zygalski
Tadeusz Plucinski
as Engineer Antoni Palluth
Janusz Zakrzenski
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Andrzej Szczepkowski
as Col. Gustave Bertrand
Ewa Borowik
as Irena Olanska
Halina Golanko
as Jacqueline, German Spy from the Abwehr, Olanska's Friend
Wieslawa Niemyska
as Marie, Bertrand's Wife
Grazyna Marzec
as Irena Rejewska
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