During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
At least they mention him & give him extra credit - he did not crack Enigma. He simply improved on work of others. But these others are not British so they are not even given credit.
@@tomk3732 You are cherry picking details now. They did a whole ton of work, had to basically re-break the improved version of the enigma cuz the polish had do handover their work to also the germans after capture, which they used to improve the enigma machine and make it much harder to break. And the british where the ones to also use it during war. Dont make it out to be as if Alan in his team only did some afterwork
sadly gay like all movies have to be im not homophobic but I dont like that most movies put homosexuals in them like its a trend it feels like they are putting them in as a joke
@@kbf5301 no? from the polish govurment themselves thay say that they HELPED turing break the code and that is what they ask for to be told dont let nationalism blind you for reality
One of Britains greatest heroes pivotal in defeating the nazis force fed medication due to his sexuality that made him depressed and ultimately commit suicide. Well done Britain
Bruh stfu it’s a horrible story but it’s also one of inspiration. This is how it’s done time and time again. You can find plenty of stories where people are fucked over by upper management & royalty who do great things just to end up miserable and depressed.
@Owl_Lover your good isn’t real no god is just accept the fact that when you die there is no after life and you will just feed the earth with your body when you die. the idea that there’s something out there that made all of us is dumb so quit living your life by a book one of us humans wrote
Intolerance is order. Rules are Intolerant and rules are what keep our society together. We shall enforce our rules / beliefs and evolve them lest we fall back into the dark ages, into the abhorrent immorality that drove forward your comment and return us into short, undignified existence. We are selfish by nature, we are evil by birth and we excuse this things we hate, with simplified moral lies, meant to shape our personality. We are kept in check by the threat of physical violence… by fear of imprisonment. This actions justified by the “intolerant” rules and excuses to feign power over others. This is not horror… this is reality. This is not bad, since without it… it’s worse.
@@thebitch9224 when you say undignified existence you mean existence you dont agree with? When you say order you mean an order in which people are praised for killing a man and executed for loving one? Thats order? That seems like chaos to me.
@@stevenwier1783 chaos? How is that chaos? Aren’t you the one that disagrees with those rules? Makes no difference wether you consider those rules good or bad… both are subjective and thus are ever changing. Back then that was order and that was good. Those were rules and people were indoctrinated to follow them. It’s no different now. Only that the rules have changed… we are still indoctrinated to obey the system. I wonder how you see enforcement of rules as chaos? Killing someone doesn’t necessarily create chaos. When it’s done to enforce a rule aimed to keep people in checnk, it’s order. No! I mean the undignified living conditions in the medieval times or before that! Even today there are places where in relative to modern countries, dignity isn’t present. Human rights are forgotten and people are put into in a constant survival situation, where they have to fight for their life on a daily basis. That is not a dignified existence. Heavy hegemony is why the countries who are considered to be better, have citizens leading what’s considered “better lives”.
@@evanflredondo A super high schooler that strong enough to effortlessly fighting a brainwashed super soldier with robotic arms, lifting a car, and stop an advancing bus that pretty much generated 5 tons of force
They didn't mention anything about his past or who Christopher actually was. Alan went to an all boys boarding school and was bullied, and Christopher was his only friend. Christopher was the one who introduced crossword puzzles and cryptography to him, and they would pass coded notes to each other in class. Alan developed feelings for Christopher but when he went to see him after winter break, he learns that Christopher died of tuberculosis. That's why he named his "machine" Christopher.
Christopher was his child hood crush that helped him both were very smart but sadly Christopher died from a disease and so Alan wanted to let him relive in his machine Also every computer now is based on his machine which is the first high functioning one
discovering the code had been a secret for over 50 years before it was published by the UK .so no one knew what he did except by his co-workers and bosses
the enigma machine stayed a secret for 50ish years to the point where the UK even let USA claim records for creating the 1st mechanical PC. it wasnt until the 1990's did UK release all the records and showcase the machine. there was even reports that most generals and Winston himself didnt even know about the machine and the fact the enigma code had been cracked by those few people because it was such sensitive information. its a fascinating story about the whole thing including the secrecy for 50+ years but at same time such a sad one that a guy who truly deserves the title genius was treated like he was.
I'm a German, and I salute to this great individual. It's a shame that he got punished for his incredible deeds to humanity with psychological terror, just because of his sexual orientation. He should had been born today, so the world could had benefited from his creativity as long as he lived.
Such Potential, such dedication to solving Enigma, cutting the war by 2 years and saving millions of lives in the process. In the end, all he got was hormonal therapy, depression, and suicide. Who knows, what he could have accomplished, had he been given a chance to live more time, who knows how many more discoveries he could have made had live longer. A incredible mind, snuffed out just because he was Gay. Great job Britain, add that to the long list of crimes you have committed.
Well maybe not Britain, but Britain at that time. I myself am British and if I was engaged in a war and some gay guy managed to crack some code and saved my life and loads of others, I probably wouldn’t give him loads of drugs until he kills himself
@@jacknelson3044 Well you are welcome to compete with America about who committed more crimes. We here in the civilized work acknowledge the mistakes we made and try to do better in the future. And what makes you think I would defend America here ?
@@m24213 lol I am American dipstick and the country was literally built on war crimes against native tribes, smallpox blankets is a good example but go ahead and run your mouth about something you know nothing about. R u even Amerikan bruh
@@jacknelson3044 I am not American actually, the point I was trying to make is that, i don't care about what other nations did at this moment, what happened to Alan Turing was an injustice. That cannot justified by other nations doing other crimes.
It's quite an accomplishment to save 14 million lives. When you think about it, he saved more than that. Think of how many lives saved, and accomplishments those 14 million lives have had a chance to do, thanks to Alan Turing.
also he helped create agriculture as we know it today helping most of the western world recover from the world wars and famines/disease that happened around them with his mathematics. some of the equations he did are still used today in working out crop rotations and a few other important aspects. will be one of Britain's darkest spots imagine how far technology could have jumped even faster if he had been praised and supported through his whole life. human race can do such amazing things but at same time can be so cruel to each other over things that really do not matter at all aslong as the person is not harming anyone.
They believe the death rate in WW2 had about seven million deaths per year..... . that's why they said 14 million.. BUT The current estimates actually have it higher now.. around 30 million lives that Alan Turing saved and shorten the war by 4 years!
The mere fact that this story was known since at least the mid 70’s makes the 2013 pardon even more stupid for having waited this long. Hope they talk about the Polish scientists also who made it possible to have enigma keys in the first place.
This video touched me and made me cry,especially the ending part,Where Alan later died and his invention wad noticed by everyone and through this he saved 14 million lives for two years 😭😿🙀😢😣😟
Benedict Cumberbatch has played 2 important characters with the number 14 million involved being saved. It's a big stretch but I like to see the parallel
The polish knew the Germans would try to use different variations and/or upgrade the security on their enigma, the poles just didn’t have the time or money. Read x y and x by dermot Turing.
My grandfather was a cryptographer in WW2. He translated and decrypted Japanese radio transmissions. Alan Turing was his hero for his entire life and he spoke about him daily until he passed at 94 a few years ago. He often said "The world owes Alan Turing everything, but firstly it owes him an apology."
Fun fact: the war sent Britain broke and afterwards they kept essentially the invention of the computer a secret but eventually gave the secret to the CIA. Good job Britian.
I got to handle a real 3-rotor and a 4-rotor Enigma at my college’s Library that was gifted by the wife of a Computer Science professor at the University after the professor passed away. Amazing pieces of technology.
When I’m high, I usually come to this channel and look for movie suggestions. The background music really puts the vibe to it, sometimes I don’t even watch the movie, just by watching these videos, it really makes it feel like I’m watching it, keep up the great work.
Not only did he save millions of lives and end the war, he was the first to create a "digital computer". He created the first computer and published his theories and work in a research journal and titled it "The Imitation Game". He was the first person to consider if a machine could think like a human. He founded computer science. I had never even heard of him until I watched this movie, and I can't believe he was never recognized for his creations. He was fired because he was gay, and only recognized and pardoned in 2013, long after he had committed suicide. Everyone in the world should know his name. Without him the world wouldn't have anything that we have today: computers, phones, AI, etc.
Actually Enigma was cracked in 1932 by Polish Cipher Bureau and Alan wouldn't do shit w/o it as he was working using Zygalski's Sheets and Bomba Rejewskeigo British intelligence got from Poland after German's changed way of ciphering so {CB run out of funds to make all needed ZS and BR, but of course who fucking cares, "British made it".
@@ThatNofbody doesn't matter though, if you are gay back then it does not matter where you were ..usa,uk or soviet the government and the people won't be on your side
@@Tragedyval so dont be on peoples side and save them, it is suppose to matter for you also otherwise we are all doomed by the straight arrogance and war
Alan's death is so painful and more painful with the background song,it brings heavenly grace,but also brings sorrow,sadness,depression and break down.
My second favourite movie of all time 1 of 5 I can happily rewatch which I have more than 10 times. Heartbreaking how he was treated after he saved 14 million people and saved the others from two years of more war. Not just a national hero an international hero.
The original Enigma machine was broken by the Polish Cypher Bureau between the wars. The decoding machine used in the film was a copy of Polish one. Yet the Poles got 1 line of mention in the film.
We wouldent have a comment section today without him. He legot built the foundation of a tonne of our lives. Nobody alive today hasent been somehow impacted by him and thats kinda amazing and insane. Not to mention what he did at he time. Deserved so much better.
Just to remember that: "three Polish mathematicians who cracked the German Enigma code in World War II. Marian Rejewski, Henryk Zygalski and Jerzy Różycki".
The Polish solved before the brits did at the start of each message was 3 random letters which were encoded ABC so the other operator knew which key setting to use
Yes they did, the polish cypher bureau also shared their secrets with the French and the British on their secret meeting in July 1939 just 2 months before Poland got invaded…. Please do some damn research instead of fantasizing about Hollywood bullshit.
Ah British propaganda. Everyone should know that Enigma was cracked in Poland before the start of WWII. It was Polish mathematicians that cracked it. They even designed the "bomba" machines for more advanced model of Enigma. These were build by the British. Turing was a great mathematician, he did advanced work on Enigma cracking but cannot be credited as the first one to do so. He simply improved on work already done.
Enigma wasn’t even the hardest cipher to crack, it was actually the Lorenz which Alan Turing had nothing to do with. That would fall to the honor of John tiltman, Bill Tutte and Tommy flowers.
It’s possible that some senior Germans strongly suspected the Enigma had been cracked, Wilhelm Canaris perhaps did, but to inform the German army when the war was already lost would have only lengthened the war leading to millions more deaths but an eventual loss anyway so they kept quiet.
In my masters there was a whole subject dedicated for machine learning, it was very tough for me and somehow I managed to pass. If only I had an opportunity to watch this movie I might have given more interest and intention to it. Greater movie and such a great personality Alan Turner
What a heartbreak for him. It’s true brilliance has little place in this world unless it’s heavily protected. The thinking during and after WW II feels so primitive looking back on it. While it may feel a freer place in today’s world for people to admit they are different, the older generation with their more limited outlook are not all dead yet. They still exert influence in todays world . They still affect cultural norms.
Yes thats true, Enigma was updated by Nazis on multiple occasions. Keep in mind Rejewski also broke the code of Enigma in 1940 in presence of Alan Turing in Paris. Its not to take away from fact Turing was a genius, but to show how British government was so arrogant when it came to WW2 achievements. Also, as the comment above, it was a whole team of scientists working there.
@@musicismoreimportantthanyo9246 in December of 1932. In 1939 as German war threats were looming high, Poland passed on information and reconstructed enigma machines to French and British intelligence.
I hate that the defining factor for for society for this this man was his sexuality. Not a single being could even fathom the idea of what he was creating until he explained it and they butchered him and his potential....I always remember this movie since seeing it. It has a permanent place in my mind and I wish it did for everyone.
My heart is pained each time I think of Alan Turing. In a math college course, probably Discrete Math, Alan Turing's name was mentioned a bit. No one went into great deal talking about him in that book.
@@gameLode I didn't know that. I'm going to have to get one of those, frame it, and put it on my wall. I studied computer science in college, in the 80s. The very first thing they taught us was that the computer is a "Turing Machine". It didn't mean anything to me at the time. Later, when I learned more about him, learned about Enigma, learned the breadth of his scientific accomplishments in his short life and read what the British government did to him, I was shocked. What a travesty. Let us hope everyone learns from it.
There was quite a bit that was inaccurate about this film, even in the first two minutes. Even with those inaccuracies, this is still a very good movie and one of the most emotional I've seen in recent years. Benedict Cumberbatch (who plays Alan Turing) even discovered he's related to Turing while he was filming! Even though I can point out everything that's wrong with this film historically, I'm always going to enjoy it. RIP to Alan Turing and all the members of Hut 8 and Bletchley Park who helped us to win a war. We are eternally grateful for your hard work, dedication, and sacrifice.
ww2 movies are so interesting, but there are so many good ones out there, this channel makes sure we can watch them all tho ! Even with a busy schedule
In december of 1932, three polish mathematicians: Rejewski, Zygalski and Różycki cracked the code of first Enigma. British didnt get the Enigma itself from germany. They had decoding mashine from Polish which they build themself to decode first models of enigma devices. So it looks like the British wanna take the glory of Polish once again. Shame :(
Two Polish mathematicians fled Warsaw to London in 1939 with the Enigma code already cracked. Bletchley Park done wonders and shortened the war but it’s British propaganda to say the British cracked it. The Russians also had cracked Enigma.
It was a different version of the machine. The one Poland deciphered only had 2 code wheels, and the version Turing deciphered had 3, making it millions of times more complex. Both sides still did undoubtedly amazing work, though.
@@LadyZeldaia They laid the groundwork that Turing and company built off of. It's like saying an architect didn't create a building, the construction workers did.
Enigma wasn’t even the hardest cipher to crack, it was actually the Lorenz which Alan Turing had nothing to do with. That would fall to the honor of John tiltman, Bill Tutte and Tommy flowers.
Obviously they cut out a sizable portion of the people who did work on it that sadly doesn't get the credit because the lone genius story with maybe help from a few select people is something we are so very familliar with. That being said we punished a man who was a key component in ending a war the likes of which likely did a lot more than this title suggest. i don't think it's a stretch to say that he very possibly saved the planet because who knows what damage would have been done if we had kept using more nukes. I was lucky in that I had a history teacher that would go off book because at the same time we covered WW2 in junior high and was shown movies like Schindler's List and Downfall. It was just about the time where more and more of Turings work was made public before we got most of the declassified things shown in the movie. And he was the kind of great teacher that could just comfortably lean on his desk and tell stories that made you want to pay attention. I was flabbergasted when I first heard it, I had heard the stories from and about my grandparents and great grandparents having to live through the occupation and some of them are really horrible. I just think it's also somewhat sick to think about how countries joined in to stop what was agreed to be an existential evil and at the same time being capable of such an evil thing as this.
They've cut literally whole Polish Cipher Bureau, which is hilarious considering that Turning's team literally worked using tools made by it's members.
@@Petaurista13 Yup, but we also kinda do that in real life, I mean we have told countless stories from the American and British perspective of the war, but we tend to overlook the countries that it took over except for France in certain movies. And yeah I understand why Americans wasn't too fond of talking about it given what happened between the two nations for the next almost half century, but Russian forces and aid were also instrumental. I get why, they had their own problematic figure at the time and there was a worry that they might finish and succeed where the Germans failed.
I can relate Alan Turing past life who’s been bullied in his childhood and having hard time socializing with his colleagues/friends especially he’s been a loner his whole life.
It was reported he had an IQ of 185 and I believe it was the combined average of the top 4 or 5 IQ test used then. No matter what that's impressive AF!
It’s either a joke or a slight exaggeration. You know this yt videos of people doing something just a little clever and they say “200 IQ move pOg” or something like that? I feel like there’s been a whole year of ppl using that same joke lol. In this case, the dude in question was actually really intelligent.
Cause he did not save the world? He helped win a war that was nearly impossible to loose. And working for the state should not give him special rights. If the state is mean then change the state...
@@jayman1772 Yes, but the guy got canned just for liking man-butt on the "low", something that today's society celebrates & gives out social media medals for...
@@jayman1772 He shortened the war by several years and saved millions of lives that would have otherwise been lost in a more drawn out conflict. He may not have "saved" the world, but his work was still *incredibly* important and was instrumental to many allied successes later in the war. The fact that it took over 60 years for them to finally decide "Hey, maybe Turing isn't actually a criminal for not being straight" is absolutely reprehensible.
@@tyler89557 I agree with you but that was how the law worked and still does work xD. And even tho he was instrumental he was part of a group and I doubt he shortened the war by several years to be honest. He saved a lot of lives though millions would be a lot again tbh too. Hitler and the allies did not loose their troops in large quantities in the west after all. Nevertheless he broke the law a shitty law however law. That is now nearly 80 years ago. Put 80 years on that and you could freely whip a mean to death in the southern united States for his skincolour.
Enigma wasn’t even the hardest cipher to crack, it was actually the Lorenz which Alan Turing had nothing to do with. That would fall to the honor of John tiltman, Bill Tutte and Tommy flowers. This guy was arguably more impressive than Alan Turing for codebreaking in ww2.
I will just leave it here that Turing's work was based on work of 3 polish matematisians who after getting their hands on enigma (it was by mistake send to polish postal office) went thru Europe to get to GB.
He is the father of the computer, he predicted that eventually computers will become so advance that we won't people able to tell the difference in conversation, we have now surpassed that point with chatbots
You forgot von Neumann (who was considered even smarter than many scientists like Einstein or Edward teller) Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace who built the first computer, and Kurt godel who allowed the Turing machines to be possible. You then have people like Tommy flowers who built the first programmable computer called colossus with his own money with very little (if not any help from Turing) and Bill Tutte who actually got rejected by Alan Turing in an interview because Turing thought that Tutte was not a good fit for the enigma team only for Tutte to turn around and work on the Lorenz team (nicknamed tunny by Bletechy park) by cracking it’s settings without ever actually seeing the machine which to me is far more impressive than engima. For all these reasons, this imitation game movie is most of the most historically inaccurate and disrespectful movies I’ve seen not because I’m trying to downplay Turing’s intelligence (obviously a brilliant guy in real life who should of never gotten arrested for being gay), but because it prays on people who are ignorant as hell.
You forgot von Neumann (who was considered even smarter than many scientists like Einstein or Edward teller) Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace who built the first computer, and Kurt godel who allowed the Turing machines to be possible. You then have people like Tommy flowers who built the first programmable computer called colossus with his own money with very little (if not any help from Turing) and Bill Tutte who actually got rejected by Alan Turing in an interview because Turing thought that Tutte was not a good fit for the enigma team only for Tutte to turn around and work on the Lorenz team (nicknamed tunny by Bletechy park) by cracking it’s settings without ever actually seeing the machine which to me is far more impressive than engima. For all these reasons, this imitation game movie is most of the most historically inaccurate and disrespectful movies I’ve seen not because I’m trying to downplay Turing’s intelligence (obviously a brilliant guy in real life who should of never gotten arrested for being gay), but because it prays on people who are ignorant as hell.
The Apple logo is based on Turing. It has one bite missing which is a nod to the cyanide laced apple Turing used to commit suicide. The original logo even had a rainbow on the apple.
Alan Turing was a hero, not a war hero but simply a hero. This man was one of the greatest minds of all time and is the reason the allies won the war, and yet it took them until 2013 to ‘pardon’ him.
9:50 and that's the big Problem. Even if they have cracked it the Enigma still does it's job. And the German subs attacked like a wolf pack what was extremly hard to defend
