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Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who helped bring down gangsters and break up a Nazi spy ring in South America. Her work helped lay the foundation for modern codebreaking today.
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- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Audiences 80GoodWatch 78
IMDb8.0
Running time
1 h
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −36 min on the typical 96
typical 9660Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries
Released
2021
January 11, 2021
5 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryHistoryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 1
- Chana Gazit Director, Writer, Producer
Writing · 1
- Jason Fargone Writer
Production · 2
- Cameo George Executive Producer
- Hilary Klotz Steinman Producer
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