Adventure ·History ·War · United States of America · 1962 · 1h 54m

The 300 Spartans

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Director
Rudolph Maté
Cast
Richard Egan as King Leonidas Ralph Richardson as Themistocles of Athens Diane Baker as Ellas Barry Coe as Phylon David Farrar as Xerxes Anne Wakefield as Artemisa
Crew
Geoffrey Unsworth — Director of Photography Manos Hatzidakis — Original Music Composer Gian Paolo Callegari — Writer Remigio Del Grosso — Writer
Synopsis

The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidis, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of Greek Sparta to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was thought to number over 25,000. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization.

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Mood & Themes
greecesoldierancient greeces.a.t.warriorsparta greece5th century bc
Key Collaborators
Rudolph Maté Director Geoffrey Unsworth Director of Photography Manos Hatzidakis Original Music Composer Gian Paolo Callegari Writer Remigio Del Grosso Writer
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