Enigma

2001

Action / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / War

35
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 54% · 104 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 54% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 22669 22.7K

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Plot summary

The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.

Director

Michael Apted Photo
Michael Apted

Top cast

Kate Winslet Photo
Kate Winslet as Hester Wallace
Corin Redgrave Photo
Corin Redgrave as Admiral Trowbridge
Robert Pugh Photo
Robert Pugh as Skynner
Bohdan Poraj Photo
Bohdan Poraj as Pinker
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
868.89 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 8
1.8 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by richardchatten 7 / 10

Angels Dance Upwards

You realise how little known Alan Turing was only twenty years ago when you eventually discover he's been transformed into dashing Tom Jericho romantically involved with Saffron Burrows (as Daphne to Kate Winslet's Velma) and not to take this too seriously as history.As a slick drama with a John Barry score it's enjoyable enough though, although it does rather ramble until the final plot development that serves to remind us that it's based on a novel by the same author as 'Fatherland'.
Reviewed by barbara-czarniawska 5 / 10

Not very fair, is it?

Nice and sentimental, but perhaps, in the light of the fact that it was Polish cryptographers Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Rózycki and Henryk Zygalski who in 1932 deciphered Enigma, the present plotting is not very fair, is it? Further, the justification of the plot is not very convincing, not to speak about the resolution. Perhaps crucial historical events, always ambiguous and open to conflicting interpretations, are not the best material for nice and sentimental movies? It so happened, though, that only yesterday I watched Jeremy Northam in "Possession" (2002). There, the whole point is to remember Northam in various Austen BBC productions. Here, one delightful point was to see him in a very different role. What is more, the day before yesterday I re-watched "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004). What a different Kate Winslett there! It is a great pleasure to watch the actors who, unlike others who always play the same role – themselves – can incarnate so many different characters! Oh well, they are British...
Reviewed by ma-cortes 7 / 10

Good suspense war film

The movie concerns upon an investigation team in the Bletchley Park mansion with the aim to decipher communication keys of German submarines during second world war.In the squad there are a wise nut-head (Dougray Scott) , an ugly and outcast girl (Kate Winslet) and another rush and beautiful (Saffron Burrows), and yet a clever investigator (Jeremy Norton).The movie mingles mystery , action , a love story , thriller and it's quite amusing.The flick is paced to nick of time , as they ought to figure out the clues by means of the Enigma , a mechanical device before that an Allied fleet was found by German subs .One of the motivations behind shooting this picture was the indignation of many British World War 2 veterans over the movie U-571 , in which the capture of the Enigma was shown to be done by American navy soldiers . Michael Apted direction is nice , he creates enough suspense , we're very interested in the events , besides being based on real deeds.Final feature film with a full music score composed by John Barry , his music is fascinating likeness to "Dancing with wolves" and a lot of hits during his long career thirty years ago .It was such a thrilling movie that had a great success in box office.The film will appeal to emotions enthusiasts and suspense fans.Rating: 7/10 above average .
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