Enigma

Scg./Art Dir.:
Rod McLean
Stuart Rose

Cos.:
Shirley Russell

Int./Cast:
Dougray Scott (Tom Jericho)
Kate Winslet (Hester Wallace)
Saffron Burrows (Claire Romilly)
Martin Glyn Murray (RAF Officer)
Jeremy Northam (Wigram)
Tom Hollander (Logie)
Matthew Macfadyen (Cave)
Robert Pugh (Skynner)

Prod.:
Mike Jagger
Lorne Michaels

Orig.:
USA 2001
118’ / v.o. inglese / 35 mm

In March 1943 the code breakers at Bletchley Park, Britain's top secret Station X, are facing their worst nightmare: Nazi U boats have unexpectedly changed the code by which they communicate with each other and German High Command. An Allied merchant shipping convoy crossing the Atlantic with 10,000 passengers and vital supplies is in danger of attack. The authorities turn for help to Tom Jericho, a brilliant young mathematician and code breaker.
Unknown to his colleagues, Jericho has another equally baffling enigma of his own to unravel: Claire, the woman with whom he has fallen in love, has disappeared from Bletchley just when the authorities suspect there may be a spy at the Park.
To get to the bottom of both mysteries he enlists the help of Hester, Claire's best friend. Together they keep one step ahead of the secret services and investigate Claire's mysterious life, reaching a conclusion that uncovers international and personal betrayals.

Michael Apted
Michael Apted studied law and history at Cambridge University, then worked at Granada Television as a researcher. Within a few years, he became a prominent and versatile TV director, winning several British Emmys for his work. He made his feature debut with Triple Echo and scored a hit with Stardust. After The Squeeze and the intriguing Agatha, Apted had his first international hit with Coal Miner's Daughter, the biography of country singer Loretta Lynn, which won Sissy Spacek a Best Actress Oscar. Since then Apted has tackled a variety of films, but tries to alternate Hollywood movies with smaller, more personal projects and documentaries. His credits include Continental Divide, Kipperbang, Gorky Park, Bring on the Night, Critical Condition, Gorillas in the Mist, Class Action, Thunderheart, Incident at Oglala, and Nell. But Apted's most remarkable achievement remains his unique series of documentaries -7 Up, 7 Plus 7, 21, 28 Up and 35 Up-which have followed the lives of 14 Britons since the age of seven-in seven-year increments.

FILMOGRAFIA
Filmography

2002
Enough

2001
Enigma

1999
Nathan Dixon (TV)

1999
The World Is Not Enough
Me & Isaac Newton

1998
42: Forty Two Up
Always Outnumbered (TV)

1997
Inspirations

1996
Extreme Measures

1995
"New York News" TV Series

1994
Blink
Nell
Moving the Mountain

1992
Thunderheart
Incident at Oglala

1991
35 Up
"My Life and Times" (TV Series)
Class Action

1989
The Long Way Home (TV)

1988
Gorillas in the Mist

1987
Critical Condition

1985
28 Up
Bring on the Night

1984
Firstborn

1983
Gorky Park

1982
P'tang Yang Kipperbang (TV)

1981
Continental Divide

1980
Coal Miner's Daughter

1979
Agatha

1977
21 Up (TV)
The Squeeze
Stronger Than the Sun (TV)

1975
The Collection (TV)

1974
Stardust

1973
Triple Echo

1972
Play for Today: Kisses at Fifty (TV)
The Reporters (TV)

1970
Seven Plus Seven (TV)
"Lovers, The" TV Series

1969
"Big Breadwinner Hog" TV Series

1967
"Haunted" (TV Series)

1964
Seven Up (TV)