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.
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
