Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)

Directed by

Dimitris Papaioannou LLynne Parker BBucky Gunts

20043h 28m8.3

DocumentaryTV Movie

With the Olympics returning to Greece, the opening ceremony of Athens 2004 sought to show the entire development of the Olympics over the centuries, until arriving at the modern Olympics.

Writers

Dimitris Papaioannou, Greg Jennings, Brian T. Brown

Language

French, Greek

Country

Greece

Cast

Björk

Self

Lydia Koniordou

Self

Jacques Rogge

Self - IOC President

Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki

Self - ATHOC President

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Costas Karamanlis

Self - Greek Prime Minister

Maria Callas

Self (archive footage)

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Constantinos Stephanopoulos

Self - President of the Hellenic Republic

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Georgios Dritsakos

Self - Adjutant to HE the President of the Hellenic Republic

Thomas Bach

Self - IOC Vice President

Tony Blair

Self - British Prime Minister

Anne, Princess Royal

Self - IOC Member (Great Britain)

George H. W. Bush

Self - Former U.S. President

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Juan Antonio Samaranch

Self - IOC Honorary President for Life

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Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Self - Italian President

Barbara Bush

Self - Former U.S. First Lady

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Claudia Bach

Self - Wife of IOC Vice President Thomas Bach

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Natasa Pazaïti

Self - Wife of Greek Prime Minister

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James L. Easton

Self - IOC Vice President

Eleni Tsaligopoulou

(voice)

Ion Iliescu

Self - President of Romania