Breaking the Code Page #9

Synopsis: A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when this was illegal.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Herbert Wise
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Year:
1996
75 min
725 Views


I think no one paid much attention to that. I think I was very clear ...

- ... In your college. - Holy God Almighty.

Everything was gone. He was in love with his wife. - ... In your college. - Holy God Almighty.

Everything was gone. He was in love with his wife.

Oh, yeah, I said it.

Well, that's what you do, right?

Have an adventure when you're young, and settle later.

I should have married you.

Yes, this never happened.

He should have played by the rules.

Why did not you do it?

I could not.

Mr. Turing, sorry to keep you waiting. Everything is a mess here today.

My secretary took temporary flu and seems not to know what you are doing.

- Sit down please. - Thank you.

I'm glad you came advising him on such short notice.

- Thank you very much. - Your letter was rather vague.

- It was? - Well, officer, but vague.

Well, it's just one of those things that are best done in person by phone.

Basically it's just a matter of keeping in touch.

What does it mean? Basically it's just a matter of keeping in touch.

What does it mean?

You're a brilliant man, Mr. Turing,

unique in many ways, and there is no reason to try to deny it.

IM not going to do it.

This country has always tended to underestimate his brilliant men. IM not going to do it.

This country has always tended to underestimate his brilliant men.

That's a mistake, a serious mistake.

We can not afford to make mistakes like that.

Who are you? I have no idea who this is.

Sorry Sorry sorry. My name is Smith, John Smith.

Nobody believes. Step terrible moments with hotel receptionists. Sorry Sorry sorry. My name is Smith, John Smith.

Nobody believes. Step terrible moments with hotel receptionists.

In any case, the question is this.

It would be absurd to pretend that his homosexuality has not created problems ...

- ... Some concerns. - To who?

But as long as we can discuss this situation reasonably ...

I am sure that these concerns could be minimized. But as long as we can discuss this situation reasonably ...

I am sure that these concerns could be minimized.

What concerns?

As I said, it's just a matter of keeping in touch.

It's ... you talking about security problems!

So is.

Thanks to Messrs. Burgess and MacLean Americans are increasingly nervous.

After all, they have access to extremely sensitive information.

There is a general feeling of malaise.

About me?

Of course we know that you are a man of great integrity.

Its essential loyalty has never been questioned.

But?

All things have to be considered.

Such as...?

Can you say with honesty that never, under any circumstances,

reveal something of the nature of their work ...

any of his lovers?

No, of course not.

'No, I would,' or 'no, I would not'?

No, I can not say with complete honesty, 'No, I would,' or 'no, I would not'?

No, I can not say with complete honesty,

that this situation never come.

Neither are you. Who could?

In that case, our attention turns to his ... mate choice.

You seem to have an unusually wide variety of friends.

Oh, you mean it would be nice that I went to bed with other mathematicians.

Preferably one of the oldest universities. Oh, you mean it would be nice that I went to bed with other mathematicians.

Preferably one of the oldest universities.

Best with what Americans call security clearance.

Yes, I'm sure that would make them much happier.

I am sorry. We solve this.

What you must understand is that their work with the intelligence service

It implies that it is not free to behave as they wish.

You've had an extremely unusual access to secret information.

That carries a strong, if not extraordinary responsibility.

I am aware of it.

Yes, I'm sure it is.

It may seem intrusive.

- In fact, we try to be helpful. - How?

Avoiding any new misjudgment.

What does that mean exactly?

... This young Norwegian Kjell.

I think it would be unwise to visit you here.

- How do you know about Kjell? - Someone told me.

- Who? - I forgot it. For real.

Am I being watched?

Kjell can not afford any risk Mr Turing, should realize.

Have I been exposed to someone pushed me under a bus?

Yes, you have to forgive. I tend to exaggerate the problem. Have I been exposed to someone pushed me under a bus?

Yes, you have to forgive. I tend to exaggerate the problem.

As I said, it's just a matter of staying in touch.

Exactly what does that mean?

We would like to be informed of any change of residence,

any changes in their working lives, foreign travel, that sort of thing.

Are you thinking of going abroad this year?

Yes, I will go to Greece.

When?

In May.

What part of Greece?

Corfu.

That is very nice. You'll like it a lot.

May is the perfect time to go.

I want you to know that I do not regret

my relationship with the intelligence service.

The work I did in Bletchley was very important to me. my relationship with the intelligence service.

The work I did in Bletchley was very important to me.

- Yes, I'm sure it was. - Yes, important!

In a sense that you probably can not understand.

Look, let me explain something.

In order to unravel the messages encoded by the Enigma machine,

we had to make certain deductions. We had to deduct

the position of the rotors of the machine for each transmission.

In other words, we had to build a chain of logical deductions

for each of the positions of the rotors.

If this chain of deductions led you to a contradiction,

that meant that you were wrong and had to try the following

rotor position and start all over again. And so one, and again and again.

It was a laborious task, an impossible length.

We did not know what to do, and then suddenly,

a spring afternoon, just after lunch,

I remembered a conversation I had with Wittgenstein.

We discussed on an elementary theorem of mathematical logic

which states that the contradiction ... ... any ... proposition implies,

and I realized immediately that

if we could build a machine that contained the idea,

a machine that would decipher the code quickly enough.

Would have to be a machine with electrical relays and logic circuits,

recognize that detects contradictions and consistencies.

If your assumption is incorrect, electricity would flow through

of all hypotheses related and eliminated in a flash.

If your hypothesis was correct, everything would be consistent,

and the electric current would stop in the right combination.

Our machine would be able to analyze billions of permutations

at an incredible speed, and with a little luck

It gives us the way in.

What a moment!

Extraordinary ... absolutely extraordinary.

I remember that beautiful sunny day.

(The grass had just been cut.)

(Everything smelled of wet grass.)

(I could hear the laughter of men playing around)

(I felt a wonderful sense of triumph and joy)

But it did not take me long to realize

that is not decipher the code that matters ...

It is the way you take later.

That's the real problem.

You see, more than mathematics needed

and clever electronics to break the Enigma of the U-boat.

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