Enigma

Enigma2001

Stars: Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Rating: R
Runtime: 119 minutes

In this twisty thriller about Britain's secret code breakers during World War II, Tom Jericho (Dougray Scott, best known as the villain of Mission Impossible 2) devised the means to break the Nazi Enigma code, but a relationship gone awry sent th… more »



Wigram:
Were you surprised when you heard that Admiral Donitz had changed the weather code?

Tom Jericho:
Well, the Germans were always nervous about Enigma. That was the reason Shark came on in the first place...

Wigram:
But the Germans believe Enigma's supposed to be infallible, because it would take people a thousand years to figure out the settings for one day, and they are changed every day. But we don't use people for that, do we, Mr. Jericho?

Tom Jericho:
No.

Wigram:
No. And that is the secret inside the secret: your thinking machines. Day and night, clackety-clack, programmed with a menu provided by your amazing brain, narrowing down the infinite possibilities to just a few million. And if anyone tells the Germans about that... there goes the war.

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