Set in England during World War II, it follows bookish code-breaker Tom Jericho through a whirlwind love affair with Claire Romilly, a seductive blonde clerk, and his subsequent recovery from a mental breakdown caused by the relationship. As Tom begins to pick up the pieces of his sanity, he is reinstated by his former employers at Bletchley Park, a secret agency that intercepts transmissions from German U-boats and decodes them for use in the Allied cause. When a suave government agent investigates Bletchley in search of a suspected spy and the now-missing Claire, Tom takes matters into his own hands and enlists the help of Claire's roommate, the seemingly prim Hester Wallace. Together Tom and Hester begin to unravel a mystery that goes extends across continents and allegiances.

Director: Michael Apted
Writers: Robert Harris (novel), Tom Stoppard (screenplay)

Cast:
Kate Winslet ... Hester Wallace
Dougray Scott ... Thomas Jericho
Saffron Burrows ... Claire
Jeremy Northam ... Wigram
Nikolaj Coster Waldau ... Puck
Tom Hollander ... Logie
Donald Sumpter ... Leveret
Matthew Macfadyen ... Cave

Released on: September 24, 2001

Posters, Promotional Stills, On the Set, Screen Captures and DVD Featurettes captures

Mick Jagger (producer) owned an original four-rotor Enigma encoding machine which he loaned to the film for historical accuracy in constructing props.

When he's tapping on the desk with a pencil, Tom is spelling out "Claire" in Morse code.

When Hester Wallace decodes the long list of Polish names the camera zooms in on the name "Zygalski". Henryk Zygalski was a Polish mathematician who helped to break Enigma.

Hester Wallace adjusts her spectacles 16 separate times throughout the movie.

The Bletchley Park mansion in this film is not *the* actual Bletchley Park mansion, but another property. According to the tour guides at the real thing, the real Bletchley Park did not look enough like Bletchley Park to the production company to have been used in the film.

The scarf that Tom wears throughout the film is a King's College Cambridge scarf, which is the college Tom is a fellow of in the book.

"...It's a striking debut... The film is mind-twisting fun with first-rate performances..." ¾ Rolling Stone - Peter Travers

"...Northam is particularly vivid... Winslet is engaging... Enigma is a thoughtful, provocative drama..." ¾ Movieline - Stephen Farber

"...Enigma crackles with Michael Apted's vigorous, perceptive direction... A complex, meticulous period re-creation down to the tiniest detail... Enigma is a clever blend of fact and fiction..." ¾ Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas

"...Spies, romance, and a lot of interesting info about the real-life Enigma code-breakers..." ¾ Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert

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