The First Olympics: Athens 1896
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bill Travers
Hunt Block
David King
Nikos Ziagos
Miles Richardson
Peter Merrill
Film Details
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Synopsis
Lovingly detailed, this dramatization of the first modern Olympic Games, revived in 1896 by a French aristocrat (Louis Jourdan) with the help of a Princeton professor (David Ogden Stiers), followed the fortunes of a ragtag team of amateur American athletes whose Olympic triumphs stunned the sports world. Veteran performers like Angela Lansbury, Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers (the husband-and-wife acting team from "Born Free" and other British films) and Honor Blackman were joined by a large cast of relative unknowns, including Alex Hyde-White (Wilfrid's son) and Jason Connery (Sean's son), who made up the Cinderella team and their competitors. This five-hour miniseries was filmed in England and Greece, including the Athens stadium that was the actual site of the 1896 games. Emmy Award nominations went to Stiers as Outstanding Supporting Actor, to composer Bruce Broughton for his score (Part 1), and to the art directors and set decorator.
Cast
Bill Travers
Hunt Block
David King
Nikos Ziagos
Miles Richardson
Peter Merrill
Michael Yannatos
Robert James
Jenifer Landor
Honor Blackman
Brian Coburn
Ed Bishop
Elvira Poulianou
Aaron Swartz
David Gilliam
Kate Binchy
Christos Efthimon
Alex Hyde-white
Hutton Cobb
Albert Welling
Titos Vandis
Sean Caffrey
Dimitri Malavetas
Paul Maxwell
Rolf Saxon
Alexander Revds
William Armstrong
Gayle Hunnicutt
Angela Lansbury
Louis Jourdan
Andy Pantelidou
Alan Rowe
Terrance Conder
Benedict Taylor
Jeff Harding
Jason Connery
David Healy
David Ogden Stiers
Keith Edwards
Dimitri Andreas
Betty Valassi
David Caruso
Matt Frewer
Ian Morton
Edward Wiley
Virginia Mckenna
Nancy Paul
Bruce Boa
Kevork Malikyan
Alibe Parsons
Robert Addie
Alkis Panagiotios
Crew
Gary Allison
Gary Allison
Gary Allison
William E. Bast
Sallie Beechinor
Paul Beeson
Bruce Broughton
Wally Byatt
Fred Carter
Peter Carter
Esta Charkham
Alfie Cox
Dimitri Dimitiradis
Alec Eakins
Dick Frift
Ray Frift
Matthew Glen
John Grover
William Hill
Rex Hobbs
Richard James
Michael Jeffery
Olga Lehmann
Peter Lennard
Valerie Lesser
Stephen Long
Dr. John Lucas
Brian Marshall
Andonis Micheleas
David Middlemas
David Murphy
Mark Nelson
Basil Newall
Meryl O'loughlin
Dr. Edward O'neil
Terry Parr
Bunty Phillips
Fran Rascom
Reg Richards
Waldo Roeg
Panos Roussos
John Sargent
Ralph Sheldon
Otto Snel
Doreen Soan
Michael Stevenson
Michael Stringer
David Tringham
John Tythe
Melina Violetzi
Freddie Williamson
David Worley
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States May 20, 1984
Aired in United States May 21, 1984
Released in United States on Video November 2, 1988
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