Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
2012 · 84 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 1,152 VOTES · DIR. Nic Stacey, Clare Beavan
Overview
Alan Turing is the genius British mathematician who was instrumental in breaking the German naval Enigma Code during World War II, arguably saving millions of lives. Turing's achievements went unrecognised during his lifetime. Instead he ended up being treated as a common criminal, for being homosexual at a time when homosexual acts were a crime. In 1952, he was convicted of 'gross indecency' with another man and was forced to undergo so-called 'organo-therapy' - chemical castration. Two years later, he killed himself with cyanide, aged just 41. Alan Turing was driven to a terrible despair and early death by the nation he'd done so much to save.
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00:00:06 One day ladies will be walking their computers in the park and saying
00:03:34 At that time, in England, that was considered quite way out.
00:07:13 I think he's a bit of a loner. I think there's evidence of that from early on.
00:10:11 in fact I think it's terribly rare
00:13:40 Yours sincerely, Alan Turing.'
00:17:03 shuffling ones and zeros back and forth.
00:20:36 One day ladies will be walking their computers in the park and saying
00:24:03 The German operator set the machine up
00:27:11 He told me that he had this homosexual tendency
00:30:26 The greatest threat to Britain's survival was the war in the Atlantic.
00:33:51 And that was what Turing did.
00:37:44 they sparked an extraordinary idea in Turing's mind.
00:40:52 He imagines a machine and a human and a judge.
00:44:47 because male homosexuality was totally illegal
00:47:59 So Harry concocted this burglary in Arnold's company
00:50:43 But as soon as they knew you were a sodomite
00:53:59 The kinds of the things that Alan Turing would have experienced
00:57:32 Why are tigers striped, leopards have spots?
01:01:14 but to you - I think it would just appear a series of scary mathematical functions.
01:05:04 They have dances there for men only.
01:08:28 [Turing's voice] I've got a shocking tendency at present to fritter my time away
01:11:14 So he really looked very strange.
01:14:23 She'd have had her pick.
01:17:20 we've managed to subdue inside our fragile, trembling human consciousness