Posted by helmly328unoq7 in February 28, 2010
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Movie title: 300 Spartans, The
Year: 1962
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History, War
IMDB rating: 6.60
Starring:
King Leonidas – Egan, Richard
Themistocles of Athens – Richardson, Ralph
Ellas – Diane Baker
Phylon – Coe, Barry
Actors:
Xerxes – Farrar, David
Hydarnes – Houston, Donald
Gorgo – Synodinou, Anna
Ephialtes – Moore, Kieron
Agathon the Spartan Spy – Crawford, John
Pentheus – Brown, Robert
First Delegate – Naismith, Laurence
Artemisa – Wakefield, Anne
Demaratus – Triesault, Ivan
Megistias – Fawcett, Charles
Myron – Nikolinakos, Michalis
Directors: Maté, Rudolph
Plot Summary:
Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army more than 20 times as large. The actual heroism of those who stood (and ultimately died) with Leonidas helped shape the course of Western Civilization, allowing the Greek city states time to organize an army which repelled the Persians. Set in 480 BC.
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