Enigma (2001 film)

Enigma
Enigma
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Apted
Screenplay by	Tom Stoppard
Based on	Enigma; by Robert Harris
Produced by	Mick Jagger; Lorne Michaels;
Starring	Dougray Scott; Kate Winslet; Jeremy Northam; Saffron Burrows; Tom Hollander;
Cinematography	Seamus McGarvey
Edited by	Rick Shaine
Music by	John Barry
Production; companies	Jagged Films; Broadway Video;
Distributed by	Manhattan Pictures International (United States); Miramax Films (International; through Buena Vista International);
Release dates	22 January 2001 (Sundance); 18 August 2001 (Edinburgh); 28 September 2001 (UK); 19 April 2002 (US);
Running time	119 min.
Countries	United Kingdom; United States;
Language	English
Box office	$15.7 million

Enigma is a 2001 espionage thriller film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by Tom Stoppard. The script was adapted from the 1995 novel Enigma by Robert Harris, about the Enigma codebreakers of Bletchley Park in the Second World War.

Although the story is highly fictionalised, the process of encrypting German messages during World War II and decrypting them with the Enigma is discussed in detail, and the historical event of the Katyn massacre is highlighted. It was the last film scored by John Barry.

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