The first trailer for the Alan Turing biopic "The Imitation Game" has been released. Benedict Cumberbatch ("Sherlock") stars as Turing, mathematician, logician and cryptologist, who during World War II succeeded in cracking Germany's famous "Enigma" code, thus turning the tide of the war in favor of the Allies. The film focuses on this historical breakthrough, and it also stars Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, Rory Kinnear and Allen Leech.
"The Imitation Game" opens in theaters on November 21st in the US and November 14th in the UK.
"The Imitation Game" opens in theaters on November 21st in the US and November 14th in the UK.
Watch the trailer after the jump.
Official Synopsis
"In THE IMITATION GAME, Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Alan Turing, the genius British mathematician, logician, cryptologist and computer scientist who led the charge to crack the German Enigma Code that helped the Allies win WWII. Turing went on to assist with the development of computers at the University of Manchester after the war, but was prosecuted by the UK government in 1952 for homosexual acts which the country deemed illegal.
THE IMITATION GAME stars Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek Into Darkness, TV’s Sherlock) and Keira Knightley (Atonement) as close friend and fellow code-breaker Joan Clarke, alongside a top notch cast including Matthew Goode (A Single Man), Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall), Charles Dance (Gosford Park, TV’s Game of Thrones), Allen Leech (In Fear, TV’s Downton Abbey) and Matthew Beard (An Education)."
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