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The Imitation Game (1980)
Director: Richard Eyre
Cast: Harriet Walter, Nicholas Le Prevost, Brenda Blethyn, Bernard Gallagher
Runtime75 min
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Second World War drama - A young woman decides against working in a munitions factory, and lands a post with the signals corps attempting to crack the Enigma code.
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The 1980 film The Imitation Game, directed by Richard Eyre, is a critically acclaimed World War II drama that follows a young woman who decides against working in a munitions factory and instead lands a post with the signals corps attempting to crack the Enigma code. The film has received positive reviews from critics and audiences.
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The Imitation Game from 1980 directed by Richard Eyre offers a compelling look at a young woman's decision to join the signals corps and help crack the infamous Enigma code during World War II. Fans of historical dramas and war films will appreciate the film's thoughtful exploration of the complex moral and ethical challenges faced by those working in the cryptography field at the time.
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The Imitation Game is a 2014 American biographical thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore, based on the 1983 biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges. The film's title quotes the name of the game cryptanalyst Alan Turing proposed for answering the question "Can machines think?", in his 1950 seminal paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing, who decrypted German intelligence messages for the British government during World War II. Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance, and Mark Strong appear in supporting roles.
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