What is the plot of The Imitation Game?

In 1939, newly created British intelligence agency MI6 recruits Cambridge mathematics alumnus Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) to crack Nazi codes, including Enigma — which cryptanalysts had thought unbreakable. Turing’s team, including Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley), analyze Enigma messages while he builds a machine to decipher them. Turing and team finally succeed and become heroes, but in 1952, the quiet genius encounters disgrace when authorities reveal he is gay and send him to prison.The Imitation Game / Film synopsis

Who was the traitor in The Imitation Game?

One of these was John Cairncross, who — after the end of the war — confessed to spying for the Soviet Union. Although much about his spying career is still murky, History Today would like to compare what we do know with the way Cairncross was portrayed m the film.

What is the ending of The Imitation Game?

The world is an infinitely better place precisely because you weren’t. She leaves, and he finds solace with his computer—the computer that wasn’t actually named Christopher. And then, the audience is told by subtitles, Turing dies off-screen. Suicide by cyanide apple poisoning.

What happened to Christopher in The Imitation Game?

In reality, Turing had been told his friend was sick and to prepare for the worst before Christopher passed. Christopher’s death did spur Turing to pursue mathematics in the hope that he could understand whether part of Christopher could somehow live on without his body.

Why did they call it The Imitation Game?

The term “imitation game” comes from a paper Turing wrote in 1960 called “Computing Machinery and Intelligence,” where he asks “Are there imaginable digital computers which would do well in the imitation game?” Turing then goes on to describe a game that is really a test to determine if computers can actually think.

Who really solved Enigma?

How was Enigma cracked? In 1932–33 Polish mathematician Marian Rejewski deduced the wiring pattern inside the wheels of Enigma, assisted by Enigma operating manuals provided by the French secret service, to make a successful decryption machine.