The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer
7.6
A historical and scientific investigation telling the extraordinary story of how the ancient Greeks built a computer 2,000 years ago. Set against the glorious backdrop of classical Greece, this Grierson-nominated film follows the international research team who finally solved the puzzle of the ‘Antikythera Mechanism’. Scientific breakthroughs illustrated with stunning graphics and reenactments, reveal a trail of mysterious numbers that solved the conundrum of the gears – a real life Da Vinci code set in ancient Greece.
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Cast
12 people
Dilly Barlow
Dilly Barlow
Michael Beckham
Mike Edmunds
Mike Edmunds
Yanis Bitsakis
Yanis Bitsakis
Tony Freeth
Tony Freeth
Dimitris Kourkoumelis
Dimitris Kourkoumelis
Roger Hadland
Roger Hadland
Alexander Jones
Alexander Jones
Michael Wright
Michael Wright
Known for
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The Interpreter
Mary Zafeiropoulou
Mary Zafeiropoulou
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
Sabine Huebner
Sabine Huebner
Mike Beckham Director · Stephen Daltry Composer Stefanos Konstantinidis Composer
United States release April 3, 2013 · Produced in United Kingdom, Greece, France, Japan · Production Images First, ARTE
Production
Anemon Productions
Production
Images First
Production
ARTE
Production
ERT
Production
NHK
Production
Nikon
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National Hellenic Research Foundation
Production
Hellenic Radio & Television (ERT)
Production
United Kingdom · Greece · France · Japan
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Greece · March 14, 2012
Premiere · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
United States · April 3, 2013
TV · PBS (as NOVA: Ancient Computer)
United States
May 11, 2013 · Premiere · TAC Festival, Eugene, OR
Japan
November 19, 2012 · TV · NHK BS Premium
United Kingdom
May 10, 2012 · TV · BBC Four (as The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer)
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