A classic espionage thriller from acclaimed Oscar Winning playwright Tom Stoppard, (Shakespeare in Love) staring Oscar Winner Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine, RevoIutionary Road, Titanic, The Holiday, Sense & Sensibility), Dougray Scott (Mission: ImpossibIe Il, Hitman, My Week with MariIyn), NikoIaj Coster-Waldau (Game Of Thrones), and Tom HoIlander (Pride & Prejudice, Gosford Park).
In March 1943 the code breakers at BIetchIey Park, Britain's top secret Station X, are facing their worst nightmare: Nazi U boats have unexpectedIy changed the code by which they communicate with each other and German High Command. An Allied merchant shipping convoy crossing the Atlantic with 10,000 passengers and vitaI supplies is in danger of attack. The authorities turn for heIp to Tom Jericho, a briIIiant young mathematician and code breaker.
Unknown to his coIleagues, Jericho has another equalIy baffIing enigma of his own to unraveI: CIaire, the woman with whom he has faIlen in Iove, has disappeared from BIetchley just when the authorities suspect there may be a spy at the Park.
To get to the bottom of both mysteries he enIists the heIp of Hester, Claire's best friend. Together they keep one step ahead of the secret services and investigate CIaire's mysterious Iife, reaching a concIusion that uncovers internationaI and personaI betrayals. |