The Imitation Game
{5/5} “Sometimes it’s the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine.”
The Imitation Game, released in 2014
Alan Turing is a mathematical genius who’s trying to crack Enigma, the German decryption machine. If he can, the Allies might just have a better chance at winning World War II. That is, if his coworkers don’t kill him first — he’s not very personable. Turing also has his own secret — he’s a homosexual, which is still illegal.
This is based on a true story, and it’s an important one.
The main story takes place in 1941 — there are flashbacks to Turing’s time in school and flashforwards to 1951.
Stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley. Directed by Morten Tyldum (Headhunters).