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Enigma Poster
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Release Date: 2001

DVD Release Date: September 24th, 2002

R|1 hr 59 min

Plot Summary
In March 1943 the code breakers at Bletchley Park, Britain's top secret Station X, are facing their worst nightmare: Nazi U boats have unexpectedly changed the code by which they communicate with each other and German High Command. An Allied merchant shipping convoy crossing the Atlantic with 10,000 passengers and vital supplies is in danger of attack. The authorities turn for help to Tom Jericho (Dougray Scott), a brilliant young mathematician and code breaker.

Cast: Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Tom Hollander, Corin Redgrave, Matthew McFadyen

Director: Michael Apted

Genres: Thriller

Production Co: Jagged Films, Broadway Pictures, Intermedia Films

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  • 63
    Carrie RickeyPhiladelphia Inquirer

    Best of all, though, is Northam, whose sable hair and polished poise put one in mind of the young Cary Grant. In this no-sweat performance, he's an actor who conveys how restorative it is to think. show more

  • 88
    Jonathan ForemanNew York Post

    Uses the compelling true story of the triumph of the Enigma code-breakers as background for an invented but believable story of love, betrayal and heroism. show more

  • 75
    Roger EbertChicago Sun-Times

    What I like about the movie is its combination of suspense and intelligence. If it does not quite explain exactly how decryption works (how could it?), it at least gives us a good idea of how decrypters work, and we understand how crucial Bletchley was -- so crucial its existence was kept a secret for 30 years. show more

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