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A Very English Genius

Jul 22, 2002

1h 0m

★ 0.0

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.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

Michael Ventris

Lynden Edwards

Young Michael Ventris

Sam Baron

Narrator

Jack Davenport

Dorothea Ventris

Judy Cowne

Arthur Evans

Robert Nisbet

Lois Ventris

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