---
title: 'The Imitation Game (2014)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Morten Tyldum'
released: '2014-08-29'
runtime_minutes: 114
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-imitation-game-2014'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084970/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Imitation Game (2014)

2014 · PG-13 · 114 min · Drama, War, History · United States


## Synopsis

The Imitation Game is a 2014 American biographical thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore, based on the 1983 biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges. The film's title quotes the name of the game cryptanalyst Alan Turing proposed for answering the question "Can machines think?", in his 1950 seminal paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing, who devised new methods for decrypting German intelligence messages for the British government during World War II. Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance, and Mark Strong appear in supporting roles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Morten Tyldum](https://cinepixo.com/people/morten-tyldum)
- **Screenplay:** [Graham Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/graham-moore)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alexandre Desplat](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-desplat)
- **Producer:** [Teddy Schwarzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/teddy-schwarzman), [Nora Grossman](https://cinepixo.com/people/nora-grossman), [Ido Ostrowsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/ido-ostrowsky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Óscar Faura](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-faura)
- **Editor:** [William Goldenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-goldenberg)

## Cast

- [Volker Busch](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-busch) as Joan Clarke
- [Winston Churchill](https://cinepixo.com/people/winston-churchill) as Winston Churchill
- [Jack Bannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-bannon-2) as Christopher Morcom
- [Dominic Charman](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominic-charman)
- [Matthew Beard](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-beard) as Peter Hilton
- [Jack Tarlton](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-tarlton) as Charles Richards
- [Victoria Wicks](https://cinepixo.com/people/victoria-wicks) as Dorothy Clarke
- [Mark Strong](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-strong) as Stewart Menzies
- [Ilan Goodman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilan-goodman) as Keith Furman
- [Matthew Goode](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-goode) as Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander
- [Laurence Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-kennedy)
- [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://cinepixo.com/people/benedict-cumberbatch) as Alan Turing
- [Will Bowden](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-bowden)
- [Steven Waddington](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-waddington) as Superintendent Smith
- [Tuppence Middleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/tuppence-middleton) as Helen Stewart

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Official site: http://theimitationgamemovie.com
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-imitation-game-2014
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