Film Club w/c 4 Apr 2025 - Enigma (2001 film)

Introducing this week's film:

Title: Enigma (2001):

Director: Michael Apted

Filming Locations: filmed in several locations in England and Scotland, including Loughborough Great Central Station, the Adelphi Building in London, St. Catherine's Church in Sacombe, Argyll and Bute, and Chicheley Hall, which stood in for Bletchley Park.

Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / War

Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes

Certificate: 15 / Rated R for a sex scene and language

Cast: Donald Sumpter, Ate de Jong, Tom Hollander, Kate Winslet, Richard Leaf, Ian Felce, Jeanney Kim, Bohdan Poraj, Tom Stoppard, David Brown, Dougray Scott, Matthew Macfadyen, Robert Harris, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Guy East, Hanno Huth, Paul Rattray, Michael Apted, Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam.

"A young genius frantically races against time to crack an enemy code and solve the mystery surrounding the woman he loves."

"During the heart of World War II, in March of 1943, cryptoanalysts at Britain's code-breaking center have discovered to their horror that Nazi U-boats have changed their Enigma Code. Authorities enlist the help of a brilliant young man named Tom Jericho to help them break the code again. The possibility of a spy within the British code-breakers' ranks looms and Tom's love, Claire, has disappeared."

"Codebreaking is an inherently fascinating but not especially cinematic endeavour, which is why Enigma spices up the true story of Bletchley Park and its eclectic group of Nazi code-cracking geniuses with some fictional romance and intrigue."

"Based on the novel by Robert Harris and adapted for the screen by Tom Stoppard, Enigma is unsurprisingly a literate and accomplished piece, unfussily directed by Michael Apted who keeps the various current and flashback story threads moving neatly in parallel, helped along by a languid score from veteran John Barry."

Introducing this week's film:

Title: Enigma (2001):

Director: Michael Apted

Filming Locations: filmed in several locations in England and Scotland, including Loughborough Great Central Station, the Adelphi Building in London, St. Catherine's Church in Sacombe, Argyll and Bute, and Chicheley Hall, which stood in for Bletchley Park.

Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / War

Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes

Certificate: 15 / Rated R for a sex scene and language

Cast: Donald Sumpter, Ate de Jong, Tom Hollander, Kate Winslet, Richard Leaf, Ian Felce, Jeanney Kim, Bohdan Poraj, Tom Stoppard, David Brown, Dougray Scott, Matthew Macfadyen, Robert Harris, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Guy East, Hanno Huth, Paul Rattray, Michael Apted, Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam.

"A young genius frantically races against time to crack an enemy code and solve the mystery surrounding the woman he loves."

"During the heart of World War II, in March of 1943, cryptoanalysts at Britain's code-breaking center have discovered to their horror that Nazi U-boats have changed their Enigma Code. Authorities enlist the help of a brilliant young man named Tom Jericho to help them break the code again. The possibility of a spy within the British code-breakers' ranks looms and Tom's love, Claire, has disappeared."

"Codebreaking is an inherently fascinating but not especially cinematic endeavour, which is why Enigma spices up the true story of Bletchley Park and its eclectic group of Nazi code-cracking geniuses with some fictional romance and intrigue."

"Based on the novel by Robert Harris and adapted for the screen by Tom Stoppard, Enigma is unsurprisingly a literate and accomplished piece, unfussily directed by Michael Apted who keeps the various current and flashback story threads moving neatly in parallel, helped along by a languid score from veteran John Barry."