Enigma

Enigma

2001

Set in 1943, a brilliant Polish mathematician working as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park races to crack a new German Enigma cipher while also investigating a possible mole within the operation. The thriller weaves romance and espionage together against the high-stakes backdrop of wartime code-breaking.

Director

  • Michael Apted

Cast

  • Kate Winslet
  • Corin Redgrave
  • Donald Sumpter
  • Dougray Scott
  • Jeremy Northam
  • Matthew MacFadyen
  • Richard Leaf
  • Robert Pugh
  • Saffron Burrows
  • Tom Hollander

Filming Locations

  • Argyll

    The Scottish scenes, in which protagonist Tom Jericho drives north in pursuit of Puck, were filmed at Tigh Beg Croft near Oban in Argyll and Bute, with additional shots at Loch Feochan showing Puck departing by boat.

  • Bletchley Park

    Because Bletchley Park was an active working site, filming did not take place there; nearby Chicheley Hall in Buckinghamshire served as the on-screen Bletchley Park mansion.

  • Chicheley Hall

    Chicheley Hall in Newport Pagnell stood in for the Bletchley Park mansion, providing the exterior and interior settings for the wartime codebreaking headquarters.

  • London

    Several London locations were used for the film, including the Adelphi Hotel on John Adam Street (dressed as a hotel in Manchester) and Trafalgar Square with the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

  • Luton Hoo

    Luton Hoo estate was used as one of the period filming locations for the film.