The movie “Imitation Game” is based on a true story.
The movie is about a man called Alan Turing, who solved the Enigma Code during WWII. The Enigma Code enabled the Axis powers to communicate with all its groups in undecipherable Morse-Coded radio communication. Only after years of work was this code cracked by the Allies which yielded huge amounts of military intelligence.
Imitation Game
By: Nitai Merhav
The problem was that Turing couldn't tell anyone that he cracked the code because the Germans would realise and change it.
Alan Turing had other problems as well- he was a homosexual, and in those times, homosexuality was considered to be a crime. When he was charged guilty of his “crime", Alan was given a medical treatment that damaged his mental abilities.
Today, Alan Turing is considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. In 2013, Queen Elisabeth granted Alan a posthumous pardon for his so-called crime.
I really liked this movie because it tells a story that one can connect to. It also shows you that all the rights that people have nowadays did not exist in the past.
I strongly recommend watching the movie if you are interested in knowing more about how Alan Turing cracked the Enigma Code and how he dealt with his “crime”.
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