A small army of Greeks spearheaded by 300 Spartans do battle with the whole invading Persian army.
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Title: The 300 Spartans (1962)
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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 now thought to have numbered 250,000. 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. Written by Jes Beard <[email protected]>
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Thermopylae... mighty battle epic of a handful of men forming the invincible "flying wedge" - against a killer horde five million strong!Certificate:
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EnglishRelease Date:
October 1962 (Austria) See more »Also Known As:
Lion of Sparta See more »Box Office
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$8,500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Xerxes, Persian King: Why, they are mad. I cannot think why you would want to be king of such an extraordinary people, Demaratus. I shall capture them alive and put them in cages and exhibit them all over Persia.
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Average Shot Length = ~6.6 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.1 seconds. See more »Goofs
When the Spartan soldiers are in the water in that scene, "Night Attack", the ocean and the lower parts of the hills that are in the background are dark because its obviously "night". But in the background the daylight can clearly be seen. The lower half of the land is dark and the top half is illuminated. It's not the shadow of cloud, it's not supposed to be because it's night. See more »Quotes
Demaratus, Exiled Spartan King: The Spartans will certainly fight, whether reinforcements arrive or not.Xerxes, Persian King: Why, they are mad. I cannot think why you would want to be king of such an extraordinary people, Demaratus. I shall capture them alive and put them in cages and exhibit them all over Persia.
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What is it about the tale of 300 Spartans holding off the whole of the Persian army that haunts us still?
At some point they'll make the great version of this story, until that day comes this film will do nicely.
The plot has the 300 Spartans going off with a small band of other Greeks to perform a delaying action in a narrow pass against the vastly superior Persian Army. They delay the Persians for several days before a final and terrible battle that assured them their place in history.
The battle scenes are wonderful, as is pretty much everything in this film. The problem is that they've shoehorned a love story into this testosterone charge film to the point it distracts from the rest of the film, it just doesn't belong. Actually most of the early part of the film, before the troops move out is rather soapy. However once the troops march the film picks up, and other than the damned romance is fine film.
See this movie. Forgive the soap and you'll have a rousing good time.
8 out of 10.