--- description: Cracking codes, taking numbers title: Watch Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley in an Exclusive Clip From "The Imitation Game" image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte397ae2a559efe3a/698766d906f2c1a994332098/the-imitation-game.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 # Exclusive: Watch Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley in _The Imitation Game_ by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 6, 2014 10:11 PM CUT  Benedict Cumberbatch in 'The Imitation Game' Benedict Cumberbatch in 'The Imitation Game'Jack English—The Weinstein Company by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 6, 2014 10:11 PM CUT Benedict Cumberbatch, revered in the wide world for his work on _Sherlock_ as well as his recent [old-school engagement announcement](http://time.com/3558121/benedict-cumberbatch-announces-engagement/ "undefined"), is starring as math genius and father of modern computing Alan Turing in the new biopic _The Imitation Game_, out Nov. 28\. Here, Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley) impresses Turing with her crossword puzzling skills. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3567304/benedict-cumberbatch-keira-knightley-imitation-game-alan-turing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3567304/benedict-cumberbatch-keira-knightley-imitation-game-alan-turing/"},"headline":"Exclusive: Watch Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game","datePublished":"2014-11-06T22:11:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:17:25.850Z","description":"Cracking codes, taking numbers","url":"https://time.com/3567304/benedict-cumberbatch-keira-knightley-imitation-game-alan-turing/","keywords":["movies","Benedict Cumberbatch","Keira Knightley","the imitation game"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte397ae2a559efe3a/698766d906f2c1a994332098/the-imitation-game.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte397ae2a559efe3a/698766d906f2c1a994332098/the-imitation-game.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game","caption":"Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game","creditText":"Jack English—The Weinstein Company","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/3567304/benedict-cumberbatch-keira-knightley-imitation-game-alan-turing/","name":"Exclusive: Watch Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game"}}]}] ```