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A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when this was illegal. (fonte: Imdb)

In the 1930s, Sir Winston Churchill (Albert Finney) was out of government, sitting as a backbench Member of Parliament. His was a lonely voice warning about German rearmament and the coming of a second major war on the continent. He lost a great deal of money in the Wall Street crash and now writes a biography of his ancestor the Duke of Marlborough, a newspaper column, and it’s his only means of support. He has a close-knit group of supporters, not the least of whom is his wife Clementine (Vanessa Redgrave), who he loves very dearly. As he continues to press his concerns about Hitler, he is cast as a warmonger and frequently shouted down in Parliament by members on both sides of the aisle. With reliable information from a Foreign Office civil servant who feels the government is not accurately reporting on rearmament, he provides accurate figures to Parliament and the tide begins to turn. With the on-set of World War II in September 1939, Churchill returns to government as the First Lord of Admiralty. (fonte: Imdb)

Eletto Primo Ministro durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, Churchill diventò un leader politico implacabile nel contrastare l'avanzata nazista, ma la sua vita privata fu scandita da tormenti e debolezze. (fonte: Wikipedia)

Una biografia del matematico inglese Alan Turing, che fu uno degli inventori del computer digitale e una delle figure chiave nella rottura del codice Enigma, usato dai tedeschi per inviare ordini segreti ai loro U-Boot nella seconda guerra mondiale . Turing era anche un omosessuale in Gran Bretagna in un momento in cui questo era illegale, oltre a costituire un rischio per la sicurezza.

uno sguardo alla vita e alla carriera dell'ex primo ministro britannico alla fine della seconda guerra mondiale.