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World Wars The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game

Film · 2014

Original languageEnglish

Runtime1 hour 53 minutes

GenreHistoryDramaThrillerWar

Set in1928,1939,1941,1951,1952,1954Depicts1939 to 1945
Letterboxd average
3.9 / 5
Saltiness

Fewer grains = more historically accurate.

Shelfmark MS 0235Last checked

Directed byMorten Tyldum
86 years
between the events and the release
1928 → 2014

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Event

The contest between the Allied and European Axis powers during the Second World War for control of the Atlantic sea lanes. The campaign was defined by Germany's attempts to starve the United Kingdom into submission through submarine warfare and the Allies' subsequent efforts to combat the undersea threat.

filed under 1941

Runs throughWorld War II3 titles

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Institution

The covert effort by the United Kingdom's Government Code and Cypher School, operating out of the Bletchley Park country estate, to break Axis communication encryption during the Second World War. Perhaps most famously, the codebreakers at Bletchley Park were able to crack the encryption created by Germany's Enigma machine, allowing the Allies to quickly decipher intercepted German messages and gain vital military intelligence.

filed under 1942

Runs throughWorld War II

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Production Information

Written by
Graham Moore
Cinematography
Óscar Faura
Production design
Maria Djurkovic
Costume design
Sammy Sheldon
Music by
Alexandre Desplat
Production countries
United StatesUnited Kingdom
Budget
$14 million
Box office
$233.6 million

Credits, budget, box office and production countries from TMDB.

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