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Enigma
Enigma

6.4

Enigma

R·2001·119m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Michael Apted

Novel

Robert Harris

Screenplay

Tom Stoppard

Reviews

r96sk

r96sk

September 9, 2020

7

After a slow start, <em>'Enigma'</em> 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.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$15,705,007.00

Keywords

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