Enigma
Directed by	Michael Apted
Produced by	Mick Jagger, Lorne Michaels
Written by	Robert Harris (novel), Tom Stoppard
Starring	Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Jeremy Northam
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Distributed by	Miramax Films
Released	January 22, 2001
Running time	119 minutes
Language	English
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IMDb profile

Enigma is a 2001 film set in World War II. It stars Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet and is based on a novel of the same title by Robert Harris (Enigma). Image File history File links Enigma_2001_film. ... Michael Apted (Born February 10, 1941 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom) is a British director, producer, writer and actor. ... Mick Jagger, seen here on Box of Pin Ups, 1964. ... Lorne Michaels Lorne Michaels C.M (born November 17, 1944) is a television producer and writer best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it. ... Robert Harris is a British TV reporter and author, born in 1957 in the town of Nottingham. ... Sir Tom Stoppard, OM (born 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright, famous for plays such as The Real Thing and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and for the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love. ... Dougray Scott (born November 25, 1965 in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland as Stephen Scott) is a Scottish actor on television and film. ... Kate Winslet promotional photo. ... Jeremy Philip Northam (born December 1, 1961 in Cambridge, England) is an actor. ... Miramax is a Big Ten film distribution and production company. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2001. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... Dougray Scott (born November 25, 1965 in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland as Stephen Scott) is a Scottish actor on television and film. ... Kate Winslet promotional photo. ... Robert Harris is a British TV reporter and author, born in 1957 in the town of Nottingham. ...

Plot

With the war at its height, the cryptologists at Bletchley Park, England, have a problem — the Germans have improved the security of their Enigma machine ciphers, leading to a blackout in naval signals intelligence; this could spell disaster in the critical Battle of the Atlantic, on whose outcome Britain's survival depends. The British cryptologists have cracked the cipher before, and they need to do it again. Pre-19th century Leone Battista Alberti, polymath/universal genius, inventor of polyalphabetic substitution (see frequency analysis for the significance of this -- missed by most for a long time and dumbed down in the Vigenère cipher), and what may have been the first mechanical encryption aid. ... During World War II, British and American cryptographers at Bletchley Park broke a large number of Axis codes and ciphers, including the German Enigma machine. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... In the history of cryptography, the Enigma was a portable cipher machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages. ... This article is about algorithms for encryption and decryption. ... SIGINT stands for SIGnals INTelligence, which is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether by radio interception or other means. ... HMS Repulse (British battlecruiser, 1916-1941) leading HMS Renown and other ships during maneuvers. ...

Criticism

The scaled-down model of a World War II U-boat used in the film. The model was donated to the Bletchley Park museum.

The film, and by association the book, have attracted criticism for their portrayal of the Polish role in Enigma decryption. Critics argue that, in the movie the fictitious traitor turns out to be Polish, while only slight mention is made of the contributions of prewar Polish Cipher Bureau cryptologists to Allied Enigma-decryption efforts, and that, historically, the only known traitor active at Bletchley Park, was British spy John Cairncross, who passed crucial secrets to the Soviet Union. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2304x1536, 1228 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Bletchley Park Enigma (2001 film) ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2304x1536, 1228 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Bletchley Park Enigma (2001 film) ... During World War II, British and American cryptographers at Bletchley Park broke a large number of Axis codes and ciphers, including the German Enigma machine. ... In the history of cryptography, the Enigma was a portable cipher machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages. ... This article is about algorithms for encryption and decryption. ... The Biuro Szyfrów ( (?), Polish for Cipher Bureau) was the Polish agency concerned with cryptology between World Wars I and II. The Bureau enjoyed notable successes against Soviet cryptography during the Polish-Soviet War, helping to preserve Polands independence. ... Pre-19th century Leone Battista Alberti, polymath/universal genius, inventor of polyalphabetic substitution (see frequency analysis for the significance of this -- missed by most for a long time and dumbed down in the Vigenère cipher), and what may have been the first mechanical encryption aid. ... In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ... John Cairncross (July 25, 1913 – October 8, 1995) was a British intelligence officer during World War II who, along with four other men (Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt) passed secrets to the Soviet Union during the war. ...

Main cast

• Dougray Scott: Tom Jericho
• Kate Winslet: Hester Wallace
• Saffron Burrows: Claire Romilly
• Jeremy Northam: Mr. Wigram
• Nikolaj Coster Waldau: Jozef 'Puck' Pukowski
• Tom Hollander: Logie
• Donald Sumpter: Leveret
• Matthew Macfadyen: Cave

Dougray Scott (born November 25, 1965 in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland as Stephen Scott) is a Scottish actor on television and film. ... Kate Winslet promotional photo. ... Saffron Dominique Burrows (born January 1, 1973 in London, England) is a British actress. ... Jeremy Philip Northam (born December 1, 1961 in Cambridge, England) is an actor. ... Danish actor born on July 27th 1970 He has appeared in the following 9 Danish movies: Nattevagten (1994) Nattens engel (1998) Vildspor (1998) Antenneforeningen (1999) Misery Habour (1999) På fremmed mark (2000) Manden bag døren (2003) Rembrandt (2003) Den gode strømer (2004) Has also had played subordinate parts... Tom Hollander in The Lawless Heart Tom Hollander (born in 1967 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England) is an English actor who has appeared in Enigma, Gosford Park, Possession and Stage Beauty. ... Matthew Macfayden Matthew Macfadyen (born 1974) is a British theatre and film actor, best known for his role as MI5 agent Tom Quinn in the BBC television drama series Spooks. ...

Miscellaneous

• Mick Jagger makes a cameo appearance.

Mick Jagger, seen here on Box of Pin Ups, 1964. ...

See also

• U-571 (2000)

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External links

• Enigma at the Internet Movie Database
• Review by Andrew Hodges