The man who cracked the nazi code

Production
2014, France
French
00:58:00
Genre
documentary
history of science
Denis Van Waerebeke
Denis Van Waerebeke et Mathilde Damoisel
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Alan Turing, a brilliant mathematician and forgotten hero of the Second World War, played a huge part un the Allied victory by breaking the German's codes... before persecution related to his homosexuality drove him to suicide.

It's fairly uncommun for a scientist to have such an influence on the course of history -and the pay such a heavy price for his success! His life, which brings together the history of warfare and the history of ideas in a pretty unique way, also offers an opportunity to discover a little-known aspect of Wolrd War II.