The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Computer (2012)

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.

Released March 14, 2012 75 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.ancient-greece, tmdb.computer-technology, imdb.discovery

Production Companies: Anemon Productions, ARTE, NHK, Nikon, National Hellenic Research Foundation + 2 more, EPT, Images First

Country: United Kingdom
Production Countries: France, United Kingdom, Greece, Japan
Languages: English