VIDEO: First Look - Benedict Cumberbatch Stars in Award-Winning THE IMITATION GAME

Below, check out the new UK trailer for THE IMITATION GAME, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The film recently won top honor of "People's Choice Award for Best Film' at the 39th Toronto International Film Festival.

Based on the real life story of Alan Turing (played by Benedict Cumberbatch), who is credited with cracking the German Enigma code, THE IMITATION GAME portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team at Britain's top-secret code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. Turing, whose contributions and genius significantly shortened the war, saving thousands of lives, was the eventual victim of an unenlightened British Establishment, but his work and legacy live on.

THE IMITATION GAME stars Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek Into Darkness, TV's Sherlock) as Turing and Keira Knightley (Atonement) as close friend and fellow code breaker Joan Clarke, alongside a top notch cast including Matthew Goode (A Single Man), Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall), Charles Dance (Gosford Park, TV's Game of Thrones), Allen Leech (In Fear, TV's Downton Abbey) and Matthew Beard (An Education).

Cumberbatch will take on the role of Richard III in BBC Two's HOLLOW CROWN: THE WAR OF THE ROSES and will soon star in the upcoming West End production of Shakespeare's HAMLET in 2015.

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