Enigma

1/22/20011h 59m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Unlock the secret. ~

Overview:

The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.

Director:

Michael Apted

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$15,705,007.00

Key words:

friendship
submarine
female lover
world war ii
radio transmission
leave
cryptography
secret formula

Cast

Dougray Scott

~ as ~

Tom Jericho

Kate Winslet

~ as ~

Hester Wallace

Saffron Burrows

~ as ~

Claire Romilly

Jeremy Northam

~ as ~

Mr. Wigram

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

~ as ~

Puck

Tom Hollander

~ as ~

Logie

Donald Sumpter

~ as ~

Leveret

Matthew Macfadyen

~ as ~

Cave

Richard Leaf

~ as ~

Baxter

Bohdan Poraj

~ as ~

Pinker

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 4 year(s) ago
7
After a slow start, 'Enigma' picks itself up to deliver a good film.

The first chunk of events are very slow, with Jericho (Dougray Scott) and the story coming across extremely uninteresting. Thankfully, everything eventually turns the other way and I ended up liking both, Scott himself does an admirable job. Talking of the cast, you also have the likes of Kate Winslet (Hester), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Puck) and Tom Hollander (Guy) appear.

The premise revolves around World War II and the role of codebreakers in it. I, admittedly, don't have major knowledge of the Bletchley Park bunch, but it's cool seeing a plot involving them; even if it is fictionalised. The film also has a nice score attached to it by John Barry - his final (accepted) one, in fact.

Not massively memorable, but not forgettable either. Worth seeing.