A Very English Genius

Name: A Very English Genius
Director: Robin Dashwood
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2002-07-22
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Lynden Edwards, Sam Baron, Jack Davenport, Judy Cowne, Robert Nisbet

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2002 · 60 min · Documentary

Overview

The work and unexplained death of Michael Ventris, the English architect, classicist, and philologist who deciphered the ancient Mycenaean Greek script Linear B, are portrayed.

Directed by Robin Dashwood

Cast

Lynden Edwards — Michael Ventris
Sam Baron — Young Michael Ventris
Jack Davenport — Narrator
Judy Cowne — Dorothea Ventris
Robert Nisbet — Arthur Evans