Enigma (2001 film)

Enigma
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Apted
Screenplay byTom Stoppard
Based onEnigma
by Robert Harris
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySeamus McGarvey
Edited byRick Shaine
Music byJohn Barry
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 22 January 2001 (2001-01-22) (Sundance)
  • 18 August 2001 (2001-08-18) (Edinburgh)
  • 28 September 2001 (2001-09-28) (UK)
  • 19 April 2002 (2002-04-19) (US)
Running time
119 min.
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$15.7 million[2]

Enigma is a 2001 espionage thriller film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by Tom Stoppard. The script was adapted from the 1995 novel Enigma by Robert Harris, about the Enigma codebreakers of Bletchley Park in the Second World War.

Although the story is highly fictionalised, the process of encrypting German messages during World War II and decrypting them with the Enigma is discussed in detail, and the historical event of the Katyn massacre is highlighted. It was the last film scored by John Barry.

  1. ^ Goodridge, Mike (23 April 2001). "Miramax buys UK, Manhattan close to US on Enigma". Screen International. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Enigma at Box Office Mojo". Retrieved 29 September 2010.