Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin
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.
- Writer
- Herrie ten Cate
- Director
- Jane Armstrong
- Writer
- Allen J Abel
Questions
- Is Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin free to watch?
- Not on Filmghar: we only play films and episodes that are in the public domain or that the owner has made free. We'll show it here as soon as it is free.
- Where can I watch Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin in Pakistan?
- We couldn't find a streaming service carrying Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin in Pakistan right now.
- Who is in the cast of Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin?
- Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin stars Fred Napoli, George Chuvalo, Donovan Bailey, Angela Schneider.
- What kind of film is Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin?
- Ancient Olympics: Let the Games Begin (2004) is a documentary, history film.
