Enigma Secret (1979) Reviews

	Mark O.

3 out of  3  people found this review helpful

The cryptographic enigma story is as good as it gets with regard to spy thrillers. Two things to keep in mind. If you are looking for today's hollywood type thriller, this will fall somewhat short. I don't think you need explosions and car chases to have thrills. If the Nazis are after you at all times, that is good enough for me. The other thing is that it is in a foreign language which I admit can sometimes be annoying but if it is a good movie, it is very worthwhile. Otherwise, you'd be missing out on so many good ones. This movie puts history straight in that it gives proper credit to the Poles for laying the groundwork for breaking the enigma code. Later, the Brits and Americans did their part. The Brits tend to have a complex in many areas when it comes to wanting to take credit for things in WWII which is unfortunate.

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	Martha T.

2 out of  2  people found this review helpful

This video is in foreign unknown language. No English subtitles available.

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	Steve L.

2 out of  2  people found this review helpful

I expected this movie to be a takeoff on the original, which I greatly enjoyed, and I was very surprised to see that it was produced in Polish. Blockbuster should mention this important fact. Steve L

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	JOHN B. J.

4 out of  6  people found this review helpful

Being someone who enjoys learning about spy stories of WWII I was looking forward to seeing this movie. I was disappointed when I discovered the entire movie was in a foreign language and there was no way to select an English audio track. I did not have time to read it. I'll be looking forward to this being rereleased with an English audio track.

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	SARI C.

0 out of  0  people found this review helpful

Hard to follow the story line without English sub titles.

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	Alex L.

0 out of  0  people found this review helpful

Although subtitles in English are offered, I could never get this feature to work - and I don't speak Polish. Having watched programs on code-breaking on the History Channel, I was really looking forward to this movie. Maybe again when subtitles are available...

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	Robert E. B.

0 out of  0  people found this review helpful

I really wanted to see this movie. However, no matter what I tried I could not get sub-titles. I don't undestand Polish, so I had to send the disc back without watching it!

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	William H.

0 out of  0  people found this review helpful

I am puzzled by the other reviews. Mine had subtitles and I was able to follow the movie fairly well. The movie also gave credit to the Poles for doing what they could to stop the Nazis. I recommend to anyone curious about that secret typewriter.

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	Ralph R.

0 out of  0  people found this review helpful

As a student of cryptographic history, I know the story of the Polish involvement in the exploitation of the Enigma Secret. I was really looking forward to this movie. It took a long time to get the movie, you can imagine my total consternation when I finally put the movie into my DVD player and discovered that the movie was in Polish...with no subtitles!! I returned it, but the problem reporting system with Blockbuster provides no option for this kind of a situation and nothing in the system tells you that this is a foreign language movie with no subtitles.....a real disappointemnt.

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	Gilbert and C D.

0 out of  0  people found this review helpful

Looks like a good movie, too bad there are no english subtitles! BLOCKBUSTER SHOULD FIX THIS

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