# Enigma (2001)

> At wartime Bletchley Park, a brilliant but troubled cryptanalyst races to decode a Nazi breakthrough while searching for his vanished lover and an internal traitor.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5568

## Facts

- Runtime: 119 min
- Genres: Mystery, Drama, Thriller, Romance, War
- Director: Michael Apted
- Cast: Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Tom Hollander, Donald Sumpter, Matthew Macfadyen
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157583/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: tense, cerebral, paranoid, historical thriller night, rainy evening

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