The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer

2012

75 min Documentary 7.7 7 likes

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.

Director:

Michael Beckham

Writers:

Michael Beckham

Production:

N/A

Country:

United Kingdom, Greece, Japan, France

Cast