Enigma (2001)
Jeremy Northam: Wigram
Quotes
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Wigram : Were you surprised when you heard that Admiral Donitz had changed the weather code?
Tom Jericho : Well, the Germans were always nervous about Enigma. That was the reason Shark came on in the first place...
Wigram : But the Germans believe Enigma's supposed to be infallible, because it would take people a thousand years to figure out the settings for one day, and they are changed every day. But we don't use people for that, do we, Mr. Jericho?
Tom Jericho : No.
Wigram : No. And that is the secret inside the secret: your thinking machines. Day and night, clackety-clack, programmed with a menu provided by your amazing brain, narrowing down the infinite possibilities to just a few million. And if anyone tells the Germans about that... there goes the war.
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Tom Jericho : Puck and Claire were having an af...
Wigram : Were seeing each other, as you like to put it. Seeing each other's brains out.
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Tom Jericho : It's true though, isn't it? The Katyn Massacre?
Wigram : Oh, do shut up. There's a war to win, and Stalin's helping us win it.