- Country: UK
- Genres: Biography, Documentary, Drama
- Release: 2011-11-21
- Director: Clare Beavan , Nic Stacey
- Writers: Craig Warner
- Language: English
- Stars: Ed Stoppard , Henry Goodman
- Runtime: 62 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: Codebreaker (United Kingdom) , Codebreaker , Дешифровщик (Russian Federation) , Codebreaker (United States of America) , Codebreaker (Germany) , Codebreaker: The Alan Turing Story (United Kingdom) , Britain's Greatest Codebreaker (United Kingdom) , Дешифрувальник (Ukraine)
- Plot: The highs and lows of Alan Turing's life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1954. In the last 18 months of his short life, Turing visited a psychiatrist, Dr. Franz Greenbaum, who tried to help him. Each therapy session in this drama documentary is based on real events. The conversations between Turing and Greenbaum explore the pivotal moments in his controversial life and examine the pressures that may have contributed to his early death. The film also includes the testimony of people who actually knew and remember Turing. Plus, this film features interviews with contemporary experts from the world of technology and high science including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. These contributors bring Turing's exciting impact up to the present day, explaining why, in many ways, modern technology has only just begun to explore the potential of Turing's ideas.
- IMDB:tt2119396
Codebreaker Cast · · · ALL
Clare Beavan
Director
Nic Stacey
Director
Ed Stoppard
Alan Turing
Henry Goodman
Franz Greenbaum
Paul McGann
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Asa Briggs
Himself - Codebreaker, Bletchley Park
Jean Valentine
Herself - WRNS and Bombe Operator, Bletchley Park
David Leavitt
Himself - Alan Turing's Biographer
Rolf Noskwith
Himself - Codebreaker, Bletchley Park
Dermot Turing
Himself - Alan Turing's Nephew
Christopher Morcom
Himself - Christopher Morcom's Nephew (as Christopher Morcom QC)
Ian Stewart
Himself - University of Warwick (as Professor Ian Stewart)