Second World War drama - A young woman decides against working in a munitions factory, and lands a post with the signals corps attempting to crack the Enigma code.
Acting
Harriet Walter's silences speak entire monologues.
Direction
Eyre turns bureaucratic rooms into psychological battlefields.
Writing
Dense, elliptical dialogue that rewards close attention.
Director
Richard Eyre
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for Thames Television and barely released theatrically, this predates the Bletchley Park declassification by over a decade.
The 2014 Cumberbatch blockbuster completely overshadowed this, yet Eyre's version arguably captures the actual psychological toll of codebreaking with more honesty.
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