(The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United Kingdom,

Greece,

France,

Japan

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

75 minutes

Year:

2012

Directors:

Mike Beckham

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Production companies:

Anemon Productions,

Images First,

ARTE,

ERT,

NHK,

Nikon,

National Hellenic Research Foundation

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