Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin

Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin (2004)

January 1st, 20040h 52min

Documentary, History
0%

Overview

Come back with us to Ancient Greece, 2,500 Years ago to the original Olympic Games. The ancient Games, like our modern Olympics, included champions and cheaters, glory and scandals, bitter rivalries and contests of strength, speed and savage combat. Set in 448 BC when the pounding of horse's hooves and the brutal hand-to-hand combat could be heard and seen by the crowds that filled the Olympic stadium. This one-hour special event follows the glory and corruption of the arc of a single, five-day Olympiad. The competitions include chariot racing, running, jumping, discus, javelin and two man-to-man combat finals-boxing and pankration, a form of extreme fighting in which death was not uncommon. With the help of sports historians and great athletes such as George Chuvalo and Olympic medallists Donovan Bailey and Angela Schneider, viewers travel back to a very different life-in a very different world.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

We Beat the Dream Team

We Beat the Dream Team


Released on: 2025-02-17
Documentary

Discover the little-known story of a group of college basketball players who were tasked with prepar...

Hail, Caesar!

Hail, Caesar!


Released on: 2016-02-05
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, History

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer...

Spartacus

Spartacus


Released on: 1960-10-13
History, War, Drama, Adventure

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...

Minecraft: Through the Nether Portal

Minecraft: Through the Nether Portal


Released on: 2017-05-16
Documentary

Minecraft: Through the Nether Portal takes you on a journey through the ever-evolving, epic game of ...

13 Days in France

13 Days in France


Released on: 1968-09-27
Documentary, History

This colorful documentary chronicles the events of the 1968 Winter Olympics in France. The events ma...

Munich

Munich


Released on: 2005-12-23
Drama, Action, History, Thriller

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a...

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur


Released on: 1959-11-18
History, Drama, Adventure

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations


Released on: 1938-04-21
Documentary

Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greec...

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty


Released on: 1938-06-02
Documentary

Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave t...

Nintendo Quest

Nintendo Quest


Released on: 2015-06-26
Documentary

Homer's Odyssey meets King of Kong as two über geeks try to collect all 678 officially licensed Nint...

The Degenerates

The Degenerates


Released on: 1969-03-27
Comedy, Drama, History

A series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imp...

Gold

Gold


Released on: 2018-08-15
Drama, History

Set in 1948, the historic story of India's first Olympic medal post their independence.

Cœurs d'athlètes

Cœurs d'athlètes


Released on: 2003-03-09
Documentary, TV Movie

Olympiada – Helsinki 1952

Olympiada – Helsinki 1952


Released on: 1953-03-20
Documentary

Top Gear: Winter Olympics Special

Top Gear: Winter Olympics Special


Released on: 2006-06-05
Comedy, Documentary

The Top Gear team hit Norway for a Winter Olympics special in which they attempt Olympic events, but...

The Immortal City

The Immortal City


Released on: 1954-12-01
History, Documentary

From the legendary times of Romulus and Remus to the present day, the compelling story of the eterna...

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur


Released on: 2016-08-17
Action, History, Adventure, Drama

A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betray...

The White Stadium

The White Stadium


Released on: 1928-03-19
Documentary

A profile of the 1928 Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

The First Emperor of China

The First Emperor of China


Released on: 1989-01-01
Drama, History, Documentary

This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China's vast territory and declar...

Titus

Titus


Released on: 1999-12-25
Drama, History

Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. S...