Codebreaker | |
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Written by | Craig Warner Simon Berthon |
Directed by | Clare Beavan Nic Stacey |
Starring | Ed Stoppard Henry Goodman Paul McGann Jean Valentine |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Paul Ashby Jennifer Beamish Clare Beavan Ryan Greenawalt Patrick Sammon Paul Sen Bennett Singer |
Running time | 62 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | 21 November 2011 |
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Codebreaker, also known as Britain's Greatest Codebreaker, is a 2011 television docudrama aired on Channel 4 about the life of Alan Turing. The film had a limited release in the U.S. beginning on 17 October 2012. The story is told as a discussion between Alan Turing and his psychiatrist Dr. Franz Greenbaum. The story is based on journals maintained by Dr. Franz Greenbaum and others who have studied the life of Alan Turing and also some of his colleagues.[1]