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The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game

The true enigma was the man who cracked the code.

20148.01h 53m

Overview

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

Directed by Morten Tyldum
Written by Andrew Hodges, Graham Moore
Produced by Teddy Schwarzman, Ido Ostrowsky, Nora Grossman
Box OfficeBudget: $14.0MRevenue: $233.6M

Top Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Alan Turing

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley

Joan Clarke

Matthew Goode

Matthew Goode

Hugh Alexander

Rory Kinnear

Rory Kinnear

Detective Robert Nock

Allen Leech

Allen Leech

John Cairncross

Matthew Beard

Matthew Beard

Peter Hilton

Charles Dance

Charles Dance

Commander Denniston

Mark Strong

Mark Strong

Stewart Menzies

James Northcote

James Northcote

Jack Good

Tom Goodman-Hill

Tom Goodman-Hill

Sergeant Staehl

Themes & Keywords

englandhomophobiaworld war iimathematiciangeniusbiographybased on true storymale homosexualitycode breakinglgbtlogiciancryptographysombermath geniusgay themecodessuspensefultragicsegunda guerra mundialcriptografia

About The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game is a history, drama, thriller, war film released in 2014 exploring themes of england, homophobia, world war ii, mathematician, genius, biography. Directed by Morten Tyldum, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode. Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

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