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During World War II the Germans created what they believed to be an impenetrable and (theoretically) unbreakable code that they named Enigma. As it turns out, it was flawed, as the British gathered together a team of brilliant cryptologists, including one Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) and then utilized an Enigma machine that they captured from the Germans.
Turing devised a number of techniques for breaking German ciphers, including an electromechanical machine that could find settings for the Enigma machine.
The film cuts back and forth between Turing’s youth at a boarding school where he met and befriended Christopher Morcom (Jack Bannon), and the two lads began exploring their fascination with Cryptography, his time in MI6, and years later, after the War.
The film shows us how events from his past formed his core character and propelled him into the position of being the person who was able to see past the mere decoding of the Enigma, but actually was so forward thinking that he actually helped develop the building blocks of modern-day computing.
Still, that is not only not the entirety of this story, as the film also deals with Turing’s post-War life, where he was actually arrested and prosecuted in 1952 for being homosexual.
The Avon Theater is located at 272 Bedford Street, Stamford.
The Imitation Game is rated “PG-13” and runs for 114 minutes. It Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, and Allen Leech, and is Directed by Morten Tyldum.
Norwalk resident Robert J. Sodaro has been reviewing films for some 30 years. During that time, his movie reviews and articles have appeared in numerous print publications, as well as on the web. Subscribe to receive regular articles and movie reviews through his website.
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