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The Imitation Game

But if we had 10 menchecking one setting a minute for 24 hours every dayand seven days...

But if we had 10 menchecking one setting a minute for 24 hours every dayand seven days every week, how many days do you think it would taketo check each of the settings? It's not days, it's years. It's 20 million years. To stop a coming attack, we would have to check20 million years' worth of settings in 20 minutes

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Yes You uh
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But if we had 10 men checking one setting a minute
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for 24 hours every day and seven days every week
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how many days do you think it would take to check each of the settings
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It's not days it's years
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It's 20 million years
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To stop a coming attack
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we would have to check 20 million years' worth of settings
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in 20 minutes
Available in 8 languages
Duration
36 seconds
Views
1,274
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:13
Uploaded
Mar 19, 2026
Production
Bristol Automotive,Black Bear Pictures,FilmNation Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

Actors

Benedict Cumberbatch
Alan Turing