Imitation Game
Historical ctxt
British authority
Cryptographers
Alan Turing
society in the 50s with inequalities and injustices
Two groups: the Allies and the Axis
during WWII (human conflicts with technological advances)
this movie is based on a true story
Enigma a German machine to send different types of coded messages. --> need to be decoded !
spies/enemies=foes
cryptanalysts
code-breakers
hard to decode --> millions of possibilities
mathematicians
gibberish = nonsense!
had to decode Enigma --> with another machine
one woman, four men (best team)
genius
pride/ arrogance / self-confidence
one of the best mathematician in the world
determined to decode Enigma
created a machine to speed up the process
he may have shortened the war, he may have saved lives
army/soldiers in charge
threatened them
the gvt put a lof of pressure on them
the team can be executed for high treason if they reveal the truth of their mission