Enigma (2001)

Directed by

Michael Apted

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film, spy film, detective film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 348 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, a gifted mathematician returns to Bletchley Park to help break German codes. He also investigates the disappearance of a woman he loves, uncovering secrets that connect to a Soviet war crime.

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What happens

Enigma is a 2001 espionage thriller film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by Tom Stoppard. The script was adapted from the 1995 novel Enigma by Robert Harris, about the Enigma codebreakers of Bletchley Park in the Second World War. Although the story is highly fictionalised, the process of encrypting German messages during World War II and decrypting them with the Enigma is discussed in detail, and the historical event of the Katyn massacre is highlighted. It was the last film scored by John Barry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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