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.
Robin Dashwood
Director
Lynden Edwards
Michael Ventris
Sam Baron
Young Michael Ventris
Jack Davenport
Narrator
Judy Cowne
Dorothea Ventris
Robert Nisbet
Arthur Evans
Sophie Garner
Lois Ventris
