
208 minutes
8/13/2004
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.

Björk
as Self

Lydia Koniordou
as Self

Jacques Rogge
as Self - IOC President

Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
as Self - ATHOC President
Costas Karamanlis
as Self - Greek Prime Minister

Maria Callas
as Self (archive footage)
Constantinos Stephanopoulos
as Self - President of the Hellenic Republic
Georgios Dritsakos
as Self - Adjutant to HE the President of the Hellenic Republic

Thomas Bach
as Self - IOC Vice President

Tony Blair
as Self - British Prime Minister

Anne, Princess Royal
as Self - IOC Member (Great Britain)

George H. W. Bush
as Self - Former U.S. President
Juan Antonio Samaranch
as Self - IOC Honorary President for Life
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
as Self - Italian President

Barbara Bush
as Self - Former U.S. First Lady
Claudia Bach
as Self - Wife of IOC Vice President Thomas Bach
Natasa Pazaïti
as Self - Wife of Greek Prime Minister
James L. Easton
as Self - IOC Vice President

Eleni Tsaligopoulou
as (voice)

Ion Iliescu
as Self - President of Romania
Lambis Nikolaou
as Self - ATHOC Vice President
Jan Peter Balkenende
as Self - Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Crown Prince of Denmark Frederik