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Breaking the code [videorecording] / a co-production by the Drama House and WGBH Boston for BBC North ; written by Hugh Whitemore ; produced by Jack Emery ; directed by Herbert Wise ; director of photography, Robin Vidgeon ; editor, Laurence Mèry-Clark ; introduced by Russell Baker.

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The story of Alan Turing, British mathematical genius and designer of the computer that broke the German Enigma code during World War II, whose admittance to homosexuality at a time when it was illegal presented problems for him, for his family, for his colleagues, and for the State's preoccupa...

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Corporate Authors: Drama House (Firm), WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Video Treasures (Firm)
Other Authors: Wise, Herbert (Director), Jacobi, Derek (Actor), Armstrong, Alun (Actor), Johnson, Richard, 1927-2015 (Actor), Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008 (Actor), Root, Amanda (Actor), Scales, Prunella (Actor), Whitemore, Hugh (Screenwriter)
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Troy, Michigan : Anchor Bay Entertainment [Distributor], 1997.
Series:Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
Subjects:
Turing, Alan, > 1912-1954 > Drama.
Mathematicians > Drama.
Gifted persons > Drama.
Gay men > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Cryptography > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain > Drama.
Electronic digital computers > Drama.
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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