Enigma Page #7

Synopsis: During the heart of World War II, in March of 1943, cryptoanalysts at Britain's code-breaking center have discovered to their horror that Nazi U-boats have changed their Enigma Code. Authorities enlist the help of a brilliant young man named Tom Jericho to help them break the code again. The possibility of a spy within the British code-breakers' ranks looms and Tom's love, Claire, has disappeared. To solve the mysteries, Tom recruits Claire's best friend, Hester Wallace. In investigating Claire's personal life, the pair discovers personal and international betrayals.
Director(s): Michael Apted
Production: Manhattan Pictures Internation
  3 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
72%
R
Year:
2001
119 min
Website
1,136 Views


- But it's true, isn't it?|- The Katyn massacre?

Oh, really, do shut up. There's a war|to win, and Stalin's helping us win it.

And they hate|the Russians, you know.

They've hated them|for centuries.

So what's Pukowski|going to do to get back at them?

Help the enemy. That's what.

His enemy's enemy.

And he's got a big piece of knowledge|that can help the Germans-- Shark.

- The weather code.|- Claire couldn't have known what|he'd do. She wasn't a traitor.

I'm sure you're right.

But then Pukowski heard|that you were coming back.

Jericho, the lover who wouldn't let go,|who'd cracked once before.

The swot who was invited to the ball,|found Cinderella's slipper...

and went so crazy|he would've told her anything.

And you would have, wouldn't you?|About how we lost Shark.

And the rumour that there was a mole|in the park, probably in your hut.

How long would it have taken Claire|to work out that the traitor|was Puck? About a minute.

So he killed her.

One-way to Manchester,|according to the ticket collector.

Change the watch.

Well, let's see where|and to whom he will lead us, hmm?

Train approaching, platform three.

lt's the 3.:
15 to Manchester.

How do you get the petrol coupons|to go zipping up and down to London?

Secret, darling. I know a chap.

Train standing, platform three.|3.:15 for Manchester only.

Manchester, next stop.

That's it for you.

Go home, keep your head down...

and I might try and forget about you and|your moll breaking the Highway Code...

and the Offiicial Secrets Act|on the same day.

Train standing, platform three.

You've been trying to frighten me|into keeping my head down|right from the start. Why?

Because somehow|I frighten you. Why?

Because of Claire.|My connection with Claire.

Be careful now.

The night you came to my room, you|already had Pukowski in your sights...

yet you went out of your way|to play the heavy with me.

And then you were more concerned|about Claire Romilly than|you were about Shark.

- A girl who'd missed her shift? Why?|- Why? She was his girlfriend.

Oh, no. She was more than that.

She was working for you.|Claire was your agent.

She told you everything,|even how I found her shoe.

As you said, Bletchley was|a security nightmare, so you put a girl|in the park to do your dirty work.

Surely you mean|her patriotic duty.

Everything that she did,|she did because you told her.|You had her f***ing for England.

And then when she got to Pukowski,|it went wrong. She took pity on him...

and she told him what she was|writing in the German book.

No wonder you were frightened.

You'd made a terrible mistake, and your|agent paid for it with her life. Claire.

He's jumped!

He's gone!

Come on! Back it up!|Back the train up!

What are they doing?

Sir, please. The station's clear.|Roadblocks are in place.

- Search the train again.|- He's not on the train!

- We'll have to let it go.|- Please be patient.

Oh, Puck, there's a message|left for you at the switchboard.|It's Adelphi 4-2-4-3.

- Keep the change.|- Thank you very much.

- To the station, rather fast, please.|- Ma'am.

You bloody idiot.|This time I can't save you.

You broke Skynner's cheekbone.

Tom. Well, weather code is,|uh, c-c-cracking open.

Where's Puck?

- Check our weather report--|- How bad is it?

It's bad.

But we are reading Shark,|thanks to you lot.

- What's this?|- Grid square A-M-2-9.|We think it's a garbled signal.

- Signal to a U-boat?|- Mmm. U-617.

Ordered out of battle|to proceed immedi--

Yes?

Where is this?

Loch Feochan, in Scotland, where|I'd like to be old. If I'm ever old.

So, it's the real thing.|U-671, rendezvous in 24 hours.

Our turn to fiind a sitting duck.

My God.

- Be careful.|- I will.

Damn it.

- I'm on the chosen frequency.|- Sir.

- There's probably interference.|- Swing around. I'll fiine-tune it.

Perfect.

Just in time to bugger up|the whole operation.

- Do you want to abort?|- Are you serious?

- I didn't kill her.|- I know.

Do you think|I'm here for that?

- That's right, my darling.|- They're ready.

Up you come.

What about the rest of it?

The real secret you want|to tell the Germans, about|how we really broke the code?

- About my machines!|- Thomas, Thomas.

- You can have your enemy.|Let me have mine.|- No.

Well, shoot me, then.

- It's your show, but your man--|- He is not my man.

Serve it up.

- Go ahead.|- Tell Auntie Mae the package is ready.

Dinner's ready.

Bullseye!

- Run out a couple of yards there.|- You're looking in the wrong place.

Oh, it's Mr Jericho.

Come home again|with his batteries dried out.

You turned out to be|some swot.

- I tip my hat to you.|- She's not there. Didn't you hear me?

She's moved on.

The murder scene was like|a pile of clothes left on a beach.

Sometimes it means|somebody's dead.

Sometimes it means|somebody wanted to disappear.

Like an agent who'd been|turned by her target.

It was you|who saw it before I did.

What makes you think that?

Pukowski was on the train,|and you were letting him run.

He knew the secret that could lose us|the war. Remember? The thinking machine.

You were holding back to see|who he would lead you to.

Who the hell could it be|to make you take that risk?

Only Claire.

Well, I was wrong, wasn't I?

She wasn't with Pukowski.

She was waiting for him|up the line to take him to|her little Scottish hideaway...

where a couple of runaway lovers|could sit out the rest of the war.

Do you think I didn't check?

She loved him, and Pukowski brought her|all the way to the brink...

but then he had to tell her|what she didn't know...

about the U-boat|coming to pick him up, and why.

If they got caught,|they'd both hang.

But there was no going back.|Only forward, to Germany.

But then,|he didn't know Claire.

She was no traitor.

She's out there, somewhere...

like a sword|hanging over your head.

In different ways,|she fooled us all.

She was unreadable.

- Stick to sums.|- I think I've got something!|Easy does it!

What have you got there?

Steady.

- We're losing her, lads.|- Do you want it to be her?

Steady, now.

False alarm!

Shut up.

Keep looking.

Oh, I will.

I will.

- Sorry I'm late.|- It's all right.

I was getting worried|about you two.

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Tom Stoppard

Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE FRSL (born Tomáš Straussler; 3 July 1937) is a British playwright and screenwriter, knighted in 1997. He has written prolifically for TV, radio, film and stage, finding prominence with plays such as Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Foul, The Real Thing, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He co-wrote the screenplays for Brazil, The Russia House, and Shakespeare in Love, and has received one Academy Award and four Tony Awards. Themes of human rights, censorship and political freedom pervade his work along with exploration of linguistics and philosophy. Stoppard has been a key playwright of the National Theatre and is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation. more…

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