Turing breaks Enigma - The Imitation Game (2014) 

Here is your reminder that Alan Turing is the godfather of all computers and literally saved the world by breaking the enigma code, and for his efforts, he was chemically castrated for being gay and later either committed suicide or was assassinated.

"And one day, When they've punished you enough, they'll serve you salmon and potato salad, make speeches, give you a medal, and pat you in the back telling all is forgiven. Just remember, it won't be for you... it would be for them."

The concept of this scene is: engineers must talk with people in the field more often

The most hardcore element of that is they had to let certain attacks go ahead so the Germans wouldn't catch on that Enigma had been broken. War is hell.

Imagine how further along technically we’d be if he was able to continue his work.

In 2013, computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing has been given a posthumous royal pardon. If we have only known better.

Dear Alan you should have been knighted for your work. You saved England and you were treated appallingly. RIP to the father of computers and a true genius.

When Churchill said ‘Never in the field of human conflict was so much been owed by so many to so few' he may not have just been talking about the RAF.

My older brother was brilliant at writing “code.” Only after I told him about this film did he tell me that Alan Turing was one of his most admired heroes. Rest In Peace, Brian G. and Alan Turing.

A powerful mind can destroy the world, but a kind heart can save it. Rip Alan.

Alan Turing was betrayed by the country he saved. But he gave us modern computing. The geeks and nerds of the world are his true people and we will Honour him for his contributions even if his nation wouldn't.

6 minutes that summarise the whole movie and I can watch this on repeat to no end.

A following scene is heartbreaking when one of the codebreakers brothers is likely to die due to the attack on his convoy and they have to let it happen to protect their secret.

That moment when Christopher comes to a halt. Everything stops. The music, the sound, the dialogue. It is a moment that lets it sink in the significance of what just happened. They broke the code. And what's more poignant? It was undone by the enemy's arrogance - by ending every transmission with the same two words, the infamous two words that the egomaniac dictator demanded everyone say to prove their loyalty, ultimately betrayed them.

I think it is time that Alan Tuiring be Knighted posthumously. A remarkable man, a remarkable story.

This scene never gets old. BC deserved the Oscar for his performance.

What makes this scene so brilliant isn't that come people cracked a code, it's the gravity of what breaking Enigma meant: the lives that will be saved, the intelligence, the ability to make strategic decisions, and ultimately the insight to winning the war.

This man shortened the war and saved allied lives but his nation treated him as a criminal because he was gay.

Can you even imagine being there when they cracked the first message? And what I didn’t realize was that they built as many as 50 of these machines and they were called bombs. Christopher is a bit more palatable in terms of making the movie. And the cast is brilliant. I’m sometimes truly amazed at how casting directors can sometimes put together the perfect cast.

Imagine your own country hating you after your brilliant mind saved them, and then then taking decades to admit they were wrong.

The fact that they have to run back and forth between buildings to do work is amazingly inefficient

What an incredible and remarkably unique mind this man had...the world cannot thank him enough for what he did for us nor apologize enough for what they did to him.

It’s crazy how this looks so basic in hindsight, but it’s actually a genius breakthrough. He literally invented a new way of thinking and applying logic. And they killed him for wanting to be with another dude. Blows my mind.

Turing's work enabled the Bombe systems to break more Enigma wheels than before this breakthrough. He also initiated UK/US relationships to a new level of understanding and cooperation in cryptosystems. This gave both sides massive breakthroughs in decoding all the Axis countries inlcuding the legendary Japanese Purple encrypts. This level of cooperation enabled breaking the 4 wheel Enigma systems down from several hours to about 50 minutes. The large number of Navy Bombe's (121 to be exact) made it vastly easier for local cryptos to break wheels and decrypt messages for it was locally available, instead of traveling 20-50 miles to another location to access one.

Many people have no idea about the intelligence of Alan M. Turing. Even during his last breathe, he was working on computational biology. That means he could've proposed a machine that is capable of telling you if a mutation is possible in polynomial time or not. You wouldbve been able to predict the behaviour of organisms and produce medicones in such manners. Turing machine was meant to do a lot. It was converted into the very first electrical computer. Just imagine what would it become if he could've shared all his mathematical proofs. As a computer science graduate, I understand his immense contribution. He paved the way of Internet in which you're writing comments, watching this video. I'm talking about Finite Automata, you may have never heard this term. In his name, every year Turing award is awarded which is called the Nobel of Computer Science. It's worth 10 million USD. I admire him and his intelligence. It gives me motivation to invent, to continue academic research, to carry humanity forward with real-life solutions. What a man he was!

In 1932, Polish mathematician Marian Rejewski cracked the code of the first generation of the Enigma Machine. edit: A Polish postal worker contacted his superiors after a German diplomat was unusually animated about an expected package late Friday near closing. Polish officials dismantled the package and photographed every piece over the weekend, then reassembled the Enigma Machine, which allowed Marian Rejewski the opportunity to decipher its code. It's speculation whether Poland shared this information with the Allies and Alan Turing.

Allan I wish we could tell you how much we respect you nearly a hundred years later. You were a hero, you were amazing

Turing was an extraordinary thinker, a problem solver, and we have tons to thank him for, but this scene brilliantly shows how teamwork was the true hero of Hut 8, Bletchley Park.

To know what people like Turing did for the world and what the world did to them in return. It haunts me sometimes.

Alan Turig and his colleagues saved so many lives in WW2 Britain 🇬🇧at its Best👍

The sheer magnitude of intellect of some people in this world is truly incredible. Blows me away

The mind required to design a machine like that. It’s phenomenal.

why did this put such a genuine smile in my face?

To walk such a delicate balance of having full knowledge of the messages and yet restraining from any perceptual intervention so as to not give away the advantage.

Great movie, and a brilliant actor.

What a great film and what a brilliant man Turning was , along with the rest of his team. This was a stunning scene

5:47 is one of the great moments of the film...it shows that both Hugh and Alan are not that close but this tym...Hugh realises how brilliant Alan was and his mutual respect towards him increased exponentially...great acting by both without saying any words.

In my top five movies of all time. Benedict is a great actor. Thanks Alan Turin for your contribution to end WWll. I wish Alan Turin had lived a long life.

Such a hard film to tolerate because of the ending. Such a wonderful film to enjoy because of everything else.

My secret dream would be to one day experience what those guys that night felt after they deciphered Enigma. Knowing that you are living a moment in your life that will be regarded as one of the most crucial pivot point in human history, something that people would be talking about hundreds of years later. The feeling of having accomplished something hard, so hard that no one else on the planet could reach before that moment. I know that Turing and his team were not the first not the only, but that was what they experienced that night. It gives me chills to simply think about it.

I love this movie. And I love Alan Turings story. Brilliant man.

hanks for the great quality upload. This was a great part in the film.

i loved this scene and was actually looking for it and lo and behold the youtube algorithm reads my mind for the five millionth time

I finally watched this movie a week ago. Bloody brilliant and tragic. This movie made me feel ashamed. I didn't even do anything and am not a homophobe, but damn did this movie hurt

He was a real hero and very smart

I still get chills watching this scene

A personal favorite film, saw it twice in the theater and twice on my digital copy.

This scene is accurate. They were told to use 5 random letters at the start of each message, but humans being humans they would use letters they were comfortable with like GF/BF names o HIT LE or HEILH over and over again.

I’ve seen this movie 100 times, and I don’t know why, but every time it gets to “PETER BLOODY HILTON!” I always crack up laughing

I've watched this segment probably 100 times. Gives me chills every time, knowing that this moment literally changed history and saved millions of lives. The music fits perfectly too. Brilliant film!

There may never be another genius like Alan Turing.

I heard that, after WW2, the Allies told some of the German command that was still alive that we had broken Enigma. They didn't believe us until all this work was de-classified.

As an engineer this give me goosebumps every time.

Goosebumps. Every. Single. Time.

These are the men that lead us to a world with internet,such glorious people

Best part about analog systems is if some idiot trips over a power cord like right at the end of this scene, they haven't lost anything.

I've watched this clip hundreds of times.

Love this!

3:51- a deafening silence.

For those singing Alan's praises, he didn't do it alone, never mentioned in this film is Tommy Flowers, an engineer at Bletchley (originally from the GPO) who had to actually build colossus, it was only possible because he had been working on automated operator machines before the war and so could turn theoretical ideas into valves and rotor arms, after the war he had such great ideas which would have worked, but because of the OSA could never explain his ideas would work because he could never explain about colossus.

Benedict Cumberbatch played Alan Turing perfectly in this movie and this scene is just so enjoyable and was done so well by all the cast.

Brilliant scene! Very satisfying.

"Never in the history of wars has so much been owed by so many to so few" - this is the most famous phrase uttered during World War II by the Prime Minister of Great Britain Winston Churchill's British on August 20, 1940. In this way he honored the airmen of the British RAF (Royal Air Force), who on the 13th day repulsed the massive attack of the German air force (Luftwaffe) on Great Britain. This attack went down in history as the Battle of Britain. These words were said primarily to commemorate the participation of Polish and Czech airmen in this fight. The symbol of their brotherhood in arms is the 303 Squadron (look on Google "303 Repinski Transport Squadron). As for the Enigma... The first Polish copy of the military version of "Enigma" was built in the "Ava" factory in Warsaw in 1933. The process of putting the elements together took place in Pyry near Warsaw. Since then, Poles could read German military correspondence. For almost seven years, Polish intelligence transmitted to the French and British German military telegrams, obtained thanks to the work of the Polish Cipher Bureau. However, the method of obtaining the information has not been disclosed. Only in 1939, as a result of deteriorating Polish-German relations, the management of the Cipher Bureau decided to reveal to the allies the secret of the work of Polish intelligence services. For this purpose, in the spring of 1939, a meeting of Polish, English and French cryptological services was organized in Pyry. In addition to a copy of the Polish "Enigma", they received mathematical assumptions regarding the methods of operating the machine. In 1940, the British created their own center where German messages were read using the "Enigma". This greatly facilitated the actions of the local land forces, while until 1942 the British had a huge problem with the naval army. It was only thanks to the capture of the German submarine U-110 and four meteorological ships with "Enigma" encryption machines and code books on board that the British managed to break the navy's most difficult code. Thanks to the acquired ability to read German military reports, the British began to regain control of the sea. It was Poles who created the basis for decryption, but the English for many years tried to appropriate this achievement for themselves. According to Witold Głębowicz, this is partly due to the publications that appeared after World War II. Many of their authors knew that the British had a system for reading the "Enigma" ciphers, but they did not know the origin of this system and how it was broken. The first information indicating that Poles contributed to the deciphering of the "Enigma" appeared in the early 1970s. However, the official confirmation by the British of the role of the Poles in breaking the "Enigma" code took place only after Poland's accession to NATO in 1999.

Would liked a scene where the Team would have reveal their discovery to the crusty Generals

Incredible scene.

Such a great scene.

He's a Hero and they destroyed his life cause he likes Men.

Terribly exciting bit of cinema, old chap

I will never get tired of enjoying this part.

Brilliant film, if you can get over to Bletchley Park, get there early and take a picnic, beautiful grounds to sit in, and so much to see read, and do.

I wonder what Dr. Turing would say if he were to visit a chip fab today? The advances we've made since those days must look like pure magic. They made wires and drums think, but we now have magic thinking rocks.

This is how I feel when I successfully balance my checkbook.

One of the greatest to have ever lived.

1 decade ago. Good times. Good times.

I just watched this movie for the first time just a couple days ago and i loved it! And just to be clear. I knew nothing about Alan Turing until i watched this film.

that's quite a feat, making maths and logic so damn dramatic

I love the scene where the code is finally broken. It is widely considered that breaking the Enigma Code shortened WW2 by several years and saved millions of lives.

We owe him so much.

Turing was able to use reaction-diffusion equations to duplicate the 'double-slit' experiment. Interference patterns, evidence of 'wave nature', is a natural consequence of organized systems diffusing through each other over distance and time.

It was the Polish that cracked the enigma code machine, the English created the Colossus at Bleichly park that accelerated the process...

Enigma was a masterpiece of engineering and cryptography. There are detailed animated videos of how it worked and it was intense as hell. To reverse engineer a code that shifts registers the way Enigma did is nothing short of pure genius. Also, let's not forget the crew of the HMS Bulldog who captured the Enigma machine and code books from U-110. Another amazing feat of work, especially as they would have been an absolute priority to destroy for the crew.

Here is your reminder that Turing's work was based on the early work by Polish codebreakers who succeeded in breaking the early Enigma codes and passed all their work onto Britain once the Germans and Russians invaded including teaching Turing how to build machines that simulated the Enigma machines.

Now I have to watch it again :D

The best part about the U.S. encryption during WW2 is that they relied on Native Americans, who the axis could never get even close to decyphering since there was nothing to learn from.

This is it. The eureka moment

Love the nicely spoken chap with the brown jacket in the back .... he doesn't know quite what's happening but he knows something is ... he wasn't allowed to write his memoirs - but gently let it be known that he worked with Turing on that tremendous night.

Such a sad life a brilliant man.

Heros All!

Alan Turing was a genius. But this clip speaks also to another issue. Why didn't those trying to break the code talk to those who transcribed the intercepted messages? Imagine if the woman who told Turing about the repeated letters actually was asked for her input early on. She even says that her teammates all have a feel for their counterparts' patterns.

Great Scene!!!

The film focuses on Alan but some of the work was done other members of the Bletchley Park team. If you read Alan Turing's biography you will find he published a paper in 1932 that describes his idea of a 'thinking machine' you would recognise the outline of a modern PC. Awesome genius, even knowing how he did it, it is still difficult to get my brain round how he did it, and he did it from a blank canvas.

So many people fought on all sorts of battlefields. From Heavy water to Enigma. Hard times create strong people.

A shame how his country betrayed him after the war!!!

One of my favourite movies

such an amazing scene

What I don't like about this great scene is that this didn't happen at all. Looking for commonly used words or phrases is an extremely basic tactic when trying to break a coding system and Alan Turing and everyone working on Enigma already knew this from the very start. Looking for "hail Hitler" in the messages is the very first thing they did.

Alan Turing literally saved the world from tyranny and oppression by breaking this code! And then the world committed tyranny and oppression against him anyways. I'm not sure there is anything more heroic than a man who would give his life for even those who hate him. ALAN TURING = HERO

Enigma, I've come to bargain!

extraordinary scene !!!

I laughed my ass off when they revealed how they cracked the code