Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)
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.
2004-08-13
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Cast
Director
Dimitris Papaioannou
Björk as Self
Lydia Koniordou as Self
Jacques Rogge as Self - IOC President
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki as Self - ATHOC President
Costas Karamanlis as Self - Prime Minister of Greece
Maria Callas as Self (archive footage)
Constantinos Stephanopoulos as Self - 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
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi as Self - Italian President
Barbara Bush as Self - Former U.S. First Lady
Natasa Pazaiti as Self - Wife of Greek Prime Minister
Eleni Tsaligopoulou as (voice)
Ion Iliescu as Self - President of Romania
Jan Peter Balkenende as Self - Prime Minister of the Netherlands
King Frederik X of Denmark as Self - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark as Self
Jacques Chirac as Self - President of the French Republic
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Self - President of Brazil
Horst Köhler as Self - President of Germany
Ilham Aliyev as Self - President of Alzerbaijan
Mehriban Aliyeva as Self - First Lady of Alzerbaijan
Sofía of Spain as Self - Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain
Jenna Bush Hager as Self
Cherie Blair as Wife
Costas Simitis as Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Greece
Romano Prodi as Self - President of the European Commission
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as Self - Secretary General of NATO
Dora Bakoyannis as Self - Mayor of Athens
John Howard as Self - Prime Minister of Australia
King Albert II of Belgium as Self
Barbara Pierce Bush as Self
Chris Evert as Self - Former U.S. Tennis Champion
Sofía of Spain as Self - Queen of Spain
Shimon Peres as Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Israel
Anders Fogh Rasmussen as Self - Prime Minister of Denmark
King Haakon VIII of Norway as Self - Crown Prince of Norway
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands as Self - Crown Prince and IOC Member (Netherlands)
Aleksander Kwaśniewski as Self - President of the Republic of Poland
Jolanta Kwaśniewska as Self - First Lady of Poland
Queen Paola of Belgium as Self
Prince Hitatchi as Self
Mikhail Saakashvili as Self - President of Georgia
Abdullah II of Jordan as Self - King of Jordan
Rania Al Abdullah as Self - Queen Consort of Jordan
Roh Moo-hyun as Self - President of the Republic of Korea
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg as Self
Saad Hariri as Self - Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon
Prince Albert II of Monaco as Self
Victor Yanukovich as Self - Prime Minister of Ukraine
Vladimir Putin as Self - President of the Russian Federation
Viacheslav Fetisov as Self - Head of Federal Sport Agency
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden as Self
Queen Silvia of Sweden as Self
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as Self - Prime Minister of Turkey
Algirdas Brazauskas as Self - Prime Minister of Lithuania
Václav Klaus as Self - President of the Czech Republic
Paul Kagame as Self - President of the Republic of Rwanda
Stipe Mesić as Self - President of the Republic of Croatia
Hosni Mubarak as Self - President of the Arab Republic of Egypt