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