Benedict Cumberbatch on ‘Imitation Code,’ playing genius

Name: Benedict Cumberbatch on ‘Imitation Code,’ playing genius
Uploaded: 2014-11-29T00:51:05Z
Duration: P432S
Description: Alan Turing was a brilliant British mathematician who worked in secret to break a key Nazi Germany code, allowing Allied forces to see and plan for attacks ahead of time. Jeffrey Brown talks to Benedict Cumberbatch, star of "The Imitation Game," a new movie portraying Turing's life, about the actor’s penchant for playing complicated geniuses.

Clip: 11/28/2014 | 7m 12s

Alan Turing was a brilliant British mathematician who worked in secret to break a key Nazi Germany code, allowing Allied forces to see and plan for attacks ahead of time. Jeffrey Brown talks to Benedict Cumberbatch, star of "The Imitation Game," a new movie portraying Turing's life, about the actor’s penchant for playing complicated geniuses.

Aired: 11/28/14

Rating: NR

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Benedict Cumberbatch on ‘Imitation Code,’ playing genius

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