The World's First Computer

3/13/2012Released

5/11/2013Premiere
TAC Festival, Eugene, OR

4/3/2013TV
PBS (as NOVA: Ancient Computer)

The World's First Computer(2012)

DocumentaryRated 75 min.

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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OriginGreece

Languagesen

CompaniesAnemon Productions

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