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

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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.

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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

G

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

J

Juan Antonio Samaranch

Self - IOC Honorary President for Life

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Self - Italian President

Barbara Bush

Self - Former U.S. First Lady

C

Claudia Bach

Self - Wife of IOC Vice President Thomas Bach

Natasa Pazaiti

Self - Wife of Greek Prime Minister

J

James L. Easton

Self - IOC Vice President

Eleni Tsaligopoulou

(voice)

Ion Iliescu

Self - President of Romania

L

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

J

João Havelange

Self - Honorary FIFA President

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Self - President of Brazil

Horst Köhler

Self - President of Germany

E

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

V

Vitaly Smirnov

Self - IOC Vice President

Costas Simitis

Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Greece

K

Konstantinos Mitsotakis

Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Greece

G

George Papandreou

Self - President of the Hellenic Socialist Movement

J

Jean-Claude Killy

Self - IOC Member (France)

A

Anna Benaki-Psarouda

Self - Speaker of Hellenic Parliament

J

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

G

Georgios Voulgarakis

Self - Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection of Greece

C

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

D

Demetrios of America

Self - Archbishop of America

Sofía of Spain

Self - Queen of Spain

Shimon Peres

Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Israel

H

He Zhenliang

Self - IOC Member (China)

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Self - Prime Minister of Denmark

W

Wolfgang Schüssel

Self - Chancellor of Austria

P

Patrice Leclerc

Self - French Ambassador to Greece

King Haakon VIII of Norway

Self - Crown Prince of Norway

K

Kjell Magne Bondevik

Self - Prime Minister of Norway

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

Self - Crown Prince and IOC Member (Netherlands)

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