A Very English Genius (2002)
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.
- Date of release
- 2002-07-22
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Robin Dashwood
Casting
- Lynden Edwards — Michael Ventris
- Sam Baron — Young Michael Ventris
- Jack Davenport — Narrator
- Judy Cowne — Dorothea Ventris
- Robert Nisbet — Arthur Evans
- Sophie Garner — Lois Ventris
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