A Very English Genius

Name: A Very English Genius
Cast: Lynden Edwards, Sam Baron, Jack Davenport, Judy Cowne, Robert Nisbet

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Robin Dashwood

Lynden Edwards

as Michael Ventris

Sam Baron

as Young Michael Ventris

Jack Davenport

as Narrator

Judy Cowne

as Dorothea Ventris

Robert Nisbet

as Arthur Evans

Sophie Garner

as Lois Ventris

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