A great short film from Andrew S Allen tells the dramatized story of the Thomas Beale Cipher, a famous legend that encrypts the location of a huge cache of gold.  The film is part historical, part drama, and simply beautiful to watch.

Using pioneering animation techniques to create a look never seen on film before, this 10-minute award-winning film tells the true legend of history’s most challenging cipher. Professor White, cryptographer extraordinaire, is on the trail of the notoriously uncrackableThomas Beale cipher—a century-old riddle hiding the location of a fortune in gold that has tormented its pursuers since inception. But White is not alone—shadowyforces are tight on his tail.

Watch it below.

The Thomas Beale Cipher from Andrew S Allen on Vimeo.