In 1939, recently made British knowledge organization MI6 initiates Cambridge arithmetic former student Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) to decipher Nazi codes, including Enigma - which cryptanalysts had thought unbreakable. Turing's group, including Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley), investigate Enigma messages while he fabricates a machine to translate them. Turing and group at long last succeed and get to be legends, however in 1952, the peaceful virtuoso experiences disrespect when powers uncover he is gay and send him to jail.
