Academy Awards, USA 2015
| Won Oscar | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Graham Moore |
| Nominated Oscar | Best Motion Picture of the Year Nora Grossman Ido Ostrowsky Teddy Schwarzman |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Benedict Cumberbatch | |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Keira Knightley | |
| Best Achievement in Directing Morten Tyldum | |
| Best Achievement in Film Editing William Goldenberg | |
| Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Alexandre Desplat | |
| Best Achievement in Production Design Maria Djurkovic (production design) Tatiana Macdonald (set decoration) |
The Weinstein Company
Directed by Morten Tyldum
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Netflix)
A brilliant mathematician is reluctantly hired by the military to help break the German code during WWII. He is disliked by all who work with him, except for the girl who falls in love with him. Unfortunately for her, he is a homosexual, but they get married anyway. The pressure mounts after months of intense work on an early computer that fails to get results, until a breakthrough leads to success. Years later, he is prosecuted for his sexual orientation by the same government whom he helped win the war. The melodramatic subplots feel like padding, the film could have ended with the breakthrough, but still an entertaining drama with good period detail.
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