Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) (2004)
Αθήνα 2004: Τελετή Έναρξης Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων (Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας)
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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.
- Date of release
- 2004-08-13
- TMDB
- 8.4 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 3h 28m
- Genres
- Documentary, TV Movie
- Director
- Dimitris Papaioannou, Lynne Parker, Bucky Gunts
Casting
- Björk — Self
- Lydia Koniordou — Self
- Jacques Rogge — Self - IOC President
- Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki — Self - ATHOC President
- Costas Karamanlis — Self - Prime Minister of Greece
- Maria Callas — Self (archive footage)
- Constantinos Stephanopoulos — Self - President of the Hellenic Republic
- 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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