The History of Production of the Works of Harold Pinter
Breaking the Code (1997)
Breaking the Code (1986)
| Budget (GBP) | 0 |
| Distribution Company |
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) (Cultural Institution | Est. 1922) |
| Release Date | 16 February 1997 |
| Black and White | No |
| Regional Release | No |
| Release Notes | Canada 17 September 1996; USA 2 February 1997; UK 5 February 1997; USA 7 June 1998 (New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival); Germany 3 June 2001; Slovakia 5 November 2003 (Slovakia Gay Film Festival). |
| Description | Based on the play of the same name, Breaking the Code examines the plight of Alan Turing (played by Derek Jacobi), the mathematical genius recruited by the British Government during World War Two to decipher the Germans' 'Enigma Code' and later persecuted for his open homosexuality. Pinter played the part of John Smith (a Home Office agent). "Harold Pinter [...] was so unnervingly spooky that I don't believe he was acting at all" (The Sunday Times, 9 February 1997). |
| Language | English |
Linked Productions
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Linked People
Hugh Whitemore
Creative | Author (original play)
Herbert Wise
Creative | Director
John Drury
Production | Executive Producer
Rebecca Eaton
Production | Executive Producer
Jack Emery (1944)
Production | Producer
Richard Langridge
Production | Executive Producer
Andrew Rowley
Production | Series Producer
John Rushton
Production | Line producer
Robin Vidgeon
Technical | Director of photography
Laurence Méry-Clark
Creative | Editor
Pippa Ailion
Technical | Casting Director
Barbara Gosnold
Creative | Production Designer
Fiona McNeil
Creative | Art Director
Frances Tempest
Creative | Costume Designer
Kate Benton
Creative | Makeup Artist
Kate Hodgson
Creative | Makeup Artist
Pam Meager
Creative | Makeup Designer
Simon Hinkly
Creative | First Assistant Director
Steve Robinson
Creative | Second Assistant Director
Andrew Woodhead
Creative | Third Assistant Director
Dave Channon
Technical | Construction manager
Jayne Libotte
Production | Production buyer
Ray Perry
Production | Property buyer
Philip Alton
Technical | Sound Editor
Maurice Hillier
Technical | Sound Recordist
Liam Ryan
Technical | Sound Engineer
Rupert Scrivener
Technical | Dubbing mixer
Jack Collins
Technical | Gaffer
Paul Harris
Technical | Electrician
Paul Hatchman
Technical | Grip
Danny Shelmerdine
Technical | Focus puller
Colin Vinton
Technical | Electrician
Berndt Wiese
Technical | Clapper loader
Peter Wing
Technical | Best boy
Ollie Clarke
Technical | Wardrobe master
Shirley Nevin
Technical | Wardrobe mistress
Mags Arnold
Technical | Assistant editor
Adam Richards
Production | Location manager
P. J. Simpson
Production | Location manager
Carole Brooks
Production | Production accountant
Julia Hallawell
Production | Unit Runner
Jane Jacomb-Hood
Production | Production Assistant
Susie Jones
Production | Script supervisor
Tanya Latif
Production | Production Coordinator
Ian Maxen
Production | Unit Runner
Stephen Rouse
Production | Unit Runner
Barbara Szabo
Production | Production accountant
Alan Williams
Production | Unit Runner
Linked Organisations
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Characters
Alan Turing (Age: Not Specified, Male)
Performer: Derek Jacobi (1938)
Mick Ross (Age: Not Specified, Male)
Performer: Alun Armstrong (1946)
Christopher Morcum (Age: Not Specified, Male)
Performer: Blake Ritson (1978)
Sara Turing (Age: Not Specified, Male)
Performer: Prunella Scales (1932)
Ron Miller (Age: Not Specified, Male)
Performer: Julian Kerridge
John Smith (Breaking the Code) (Age: Not Specified, Male)
Performer: Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)
Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox (Breaking the Code) (Age: Not Specified)
Performer: Richard Johnson (1927 - 2015)
Patricia "Pat" Green (Breaking the Code) (Age: Not Specified, Female)
Performer: Amanda Root (1963)
Smoker (Breaking the Code) (Age: Not Specified)
Uncredited.
Performer: Scott McKinstry (1965)
Linked Awards
Broadcasting Press Award
Unknown
Won.
BAFTA
Unknown
Nominated: Best single drama.
BAFTA
Unknown
Nominated: Best Actor: Derek Jacobi
Resources
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Sources
Harold Pinter's Official Website
http://www.haroldpinter.org/acting/acting_intv.shtml
URL
Description of film adapted from 'TV Acting' page.