The First Olympics: Athens 1896

The First Olympics: Athens 1896 is a dramatization of the first Olympic Games of the modern era and the vicissitudes of the American team to settle, prepare and reach Athens and compete there.

• Original title: The First Olympics - Athens 1896
• Duration: 4 hours, 40 minutes
• Gender: Movie for TV, Drama, Real Life History, Sports
• Cast (in order of apparition):

Peter Diamond, Gay Baynes, Hunt Block (Robert Garrett), Nicos Ziagos (Louis Spiridon), Themis Manessis, Nikos Vandoros, Betty Valassi, Benedict Taylor (Edwin Flack), Dave King, Louis Jourdan (Baron Pierre de Coubertin), Bill Travers (Harold Flack), Angela Lansbury, Virginia McKenna, Elvira Maria Pouliano.

• Director: Alvin Rakoff