--- description: Keira Knightley joins the 'Sherlock' star for this suspenseful World War II drama title: 'The Imitation Game' Trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch Plays Alan Turing image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9efc5c7826a8b681/69869c9c361760d70d90d23c/488767671.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Benedict Cumberbatch Crack Codes in _The Imitation Game_ Trailer  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2014 9:31 PM CUT  NEW YORK, NY - MAY 05: Benedict Cumberbatch attends the "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - MAY 05: Benedict Cumberbatch attends the "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)Neilson Barnard—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2014 9:31 PM CUT Alan Turing was a British mathematician and computer scientist who, among his many accomplishments, helped break Germany’s “Enigma” code during World War II. He also was prosecuted for homosexuality under an 1885 law, a conviction that the Queen of England [only pardoned](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/alan-turings-body/282641/ "undefined") at the end of last year. He’s also the subject of an upcoming movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley that’s already been dubbed “Oscar bait” because it’s, well, a World War II movie coming out in the fall, a particularly jam-packed time for award-worthy releases. Though the trailer focuses mostly on his wartime accomplishments, the movie is said to cover Turin’s[ entire life story](http://press.optimumreleasing.net/press/?id=1699 "undefined"). _The Imitation Game_ opens November 21. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3015369/watch-benedict-cumberbatch-crack-codes-in-the-imitation-game-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3015369/watch-benedict-cumberbatch-crack-codes-in-the-imitation-game-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch Benedict Cumberbatch Crack Codes in The Imitation Game Trailer","datePublished":"2014-07-21T21:31:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:16:07.672Z","description":"Keira Knightley joins the Sherlock star for this suspenseful World War II drama","url":"https://time.com/3015369/watch-benedict-cumberbatch-crack-codes-in-the-imitation-game-trailer/","keywords":["movies","Benedict Cumberbatch","Keira Knightley","the imitation game"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9efc5c7826a8b681/69869c9c361760d70d90d23c/488767671.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9efc5c7826a8b681/69869c9c361760d70d90d23c/488767671.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Charles James: Beyond Fashion\" Costume Institute Gala - Candids","caption":"\"Charles James: Beyond Fashion\" Costume Institute Gala - Candids","creditText":"Neilson Barnard—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3015369/watch-benedict-cumberbatch-crack-codes-in-the-imitation-game-trailer/","name":"Watch Benedict Cumberbatch Crack Codes in The Imitation Game Trailer"}}]}] ```