A Very English Genius

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 60 min
  • Premiere: 2002. July 22.

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.

Discover

Lynden Edwards

Michael Ventris

Sam Baron

Young Michael Ventris

Jack Davenport

Narrator

Judy Cowne

Dorothea Ventris

Robert Nisbet

Arthur Evans

Sophie Garner

Lois Ventris

Directing

Robin Dashwood

Director

Directing

Robin Dashwood

Director