The Imitation Game

Despite the fact that The Imitation Game was primarily based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma, most of Alan Turing's life remains shrouded in mystery. Turing, portrayed by actor Benedict Cumberbatch, is regarded as the founder of computer science. He used arithmetic, engineering (and yet-to-be-invented computer science) to decrypt the codes that were established by Enigma systems of the German military during WWII. Unfortunately, most of the documentation (which tracked his works for the government) have already been lost, and nothing else is known about Turing's personal life.

Christopher, a student at Sherborne College in Dorset, was similarly interested in arithmetic. Turing had some feelings for Christopher, but he didn't think his sentiments were returned. In the movie, Turing learns about Christopher's death from his headmaster. However, in real life, Turing had been informed that his buddy was ill, and that he should brace himself for the worst scenario before Christopher died.

Turing was largely motivated by Christopher's death. He studied mathematics to discover whether a portion of Christopher could live without his physical body. Turing published an article a year after Christopher’s funeral, in which he addressed how the soul may persist beyond death, with a reference to the nascent discipline of quantum physics. This publication has inspired Tyldum to direct The Imitation Game.

Release year: 2014

Director: Morten Tyldum

IMDB Score: 8.0/10