Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)
8.833
6 Reviews
2004
3h 28min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
13 August 2004
Runtime
3h 28min
Director
Budget
$43,000,000
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Greek
Production
OBS - Olympic Broadcasting Services, IOC - International Olympic Commitee, ERT
Cast
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
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Self - IOC Honorary President for Life
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Self - Italian President
Barbara Bush
Self - Former U.S. First Lady
Claudia Bach
Self - Wife of IOC Vice President Thomas Bach
Natasa Pazaiti
Self - Wife of Greek Prime Minister
James L. Easton
Self - IOC Vice President
Eleni Tsaligopoulou
(voice)
Ion Iliescu
Self - President of Romania
Lambis Nikolaou
Self - ATHOC Vice President
Jan Peter Balkenende
Self - Prime Minister of the Netherlands
King Frederik X of Denmark
Self - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
Self
Jacques Chirac
Self - President of the French Republic
João Havelange
Self - Honorary FIFA President
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Self - President of Brazil
Horst Köhler
Self - President of Germany
Eva Luise Köhler
Self - First Lady of Germany
Ilham Aliyev
Self - President of Alzerbaijan
Mehriban Aliyeva
Self - First Lady of Alzerbaijan
Sofía of Spain
Self - Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain
Jenna Bush Hager
Self
Cherie Blair
Wife
Vitaly Smirnov
Self - IOC Vice President
Costas Simitis
Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Greece
Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Greece
George Papandreou
Self - President of the Hellenic Socialist Movement
Jean-Claude Killy
Self - IOC Member (France)
Anna Benaki-Psarouda
Self - Speaker of Hellenic Parliament
Julian Hunte
Self - President of the United Nations General Assembly
Romano Prodi
Self - President of the European Commission
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Self - Secretary General of NATO
Dora Bakoyannis
Self - Mayor of Athens
Georgios Voulgarakis
Self - Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection of Greece
Christodoulos of Athens
Self - Archbishop of Athens
John Howard
Self - Prime Minister of Australia
King Albert II of Belgium
Self
Barbara Pierce Bush
Self
Chris Evert
Self - Former U.S. Tennis Champion
Demetrios of America
Self - Archbishop of America
Sofía of Spain
Self - Queen of Spain
Shimon Peres
Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Israel
He Zhenliang
Self - IOC Member (China)
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Self - Prime Minister of Denmark
Wolfgang Schüssel
Self - Chancellor of Austria
Patrice Leclerc
Self - French Ambassador to Greece
King Haakon VIII of Norway
Self - Crown Prince of Norway
Kjell Magne Bondevik
Self - Prime Minister of Norway
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
Self - Crown Prince and IOC Member (Netherlands)
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Self - President of the Republic of Poland
Jolanta Kwaśniewska
Self - First Lady of Poland
Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos
Self - Prime Minister of Angola
Queen Paola of Belgium
Self
Prince Hitatchi
Self
Yasuo Fukuda
Self - Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
Mikhail Saakashvili
Self - President of Georgia
Abdullah II of Jordan
Self - King of Jordan
Rania Al Abdullah
Self - Queen Consort of Jordan
Li Zhaoxing
Self - Foreign Minister of China
Roh Moo-hyun
Self - President of the Republic of Korea
Tassos Papadopoulos
Self - President of the Republic of Cyprus
Otmar Hasler
Self - Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
Self
Eddie Fenech Adami
Self - President of Malta
Lloyd Axworthy
Self - Foreign Minister of Canada
Saad Hariri
Self - Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon
Prince Albert II of Monaco
Self
Victor Yanukovich
Self - Prime Minister of Ukraine
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Self - President of the Republic of Indonesia
Vladimir Putin
Self - President of the Russian Federation
Viacheslav Fetisov
Self - Head of Federal Sport Agency
Leonid Tyagachyov
Self - President of the Russian Olympic Committee
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Self
Queen Silvia of Sweden
Self
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Self - Prime Minister of Turkey
Algirdas Brazauskas
Self - Prime Minister of Lithuania
Alex G. Spanos
Self - Owner ans Chairman of A.G. Spanos Companies
Brent Scowcroft
Self - Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
Václav Klaus
Self - President of the Czech Republic
Tarja Halonen
Self - President of the Republic of Finland
Paul Kagame
Self - President of the Republic of Rwanda
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Self - President of the Philippines
Vladimir Rushailo
Self - CIS General Secretary
Adnan Terzić
Self - Chairman of the Council of the Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Omar Bongo
Self - President of the Gabonese Republic
Phyllis Easton
Self - Wife of the IOC Vice President James Easton
Marc Forné Molné
Self - Prime Minister of Andorra
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Self - President of Iceland
Stipe Mesić
Self - President of the Republic of Croatia
Hosni Mubarak
Self - President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Theodore Angelopoulos
Self - Husband of ATHOC President
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