300 spartans imdb

In the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army.

Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. Jump to Summaries 4 Synopsis 1 Edit. In the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. They face insurmountable odds when they are betrayed by a Spartan reject.

300 spartans imdb

Sign In. Gerard Butler King Leonidas. Lena Headey Queen Gorgo. Dominic West Theron. David Wenham Dilios. Vincent Regan Captain. Michael Fassbender Stelios. Tom Wisdom Astinos. Andrew Pleavin Daxos. Andrew Tiernan Ephialtes. Rodrigo Santoro Xerxes. Stephen McHattie Loyalist. Greg Kramer Ephor 1. Alex Ivanovici Ephor 2.

Enjoy your breakfast, for tonight we dine in Hell! Sebastian St. Top cast Edit.

Sign In. The Spartans Hide Spoilers. It is only a vague memory of seeing this film four decades ago, but it impressed me for several reasons. It is also one of the handful of American or British films dealing with the history of ancient Greece. And, it is one of the few historical films that got the facts correct.

Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. Jump to Summaries 4 Synopsis 1 Edit. In the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. They face insurmountable odds when they are betrayed by a Spartan reject. In the Battle of Thermopylae of BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae.

300 spartans imdb

Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. Soldiers would drop their heavy shields when they ran, and their wives would rather they come home dead than a coward. Dead soldiers were carried home on their shields. Leonidas had an older half-brother Cleomenes, and an older full brother, Dorieus. Because Leonidas was third in line to the throne, he was sent to agoge, the traditional school and warrior training for Spartan youth. However, when Cleomenes ascended to the throne, Dorieus left Greece in a jealous rage.

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I was a teenager when I first saw this film. Back in Sparta, Queen Gorgo has been trying to convince the council to send help to Leonidas. Dimos Starenios Samos. Spartan Warrior uncredited. You'll find plenty of both down there. Connections Edited into Yoostar 2: In the Movies Richard Egan was quite good as Leonidas, and Ralph Richardson did well in a supporting part as Themistocles. Messenger : No man, Persian or Greek, no man threatens a messenger! Thibodeau Spartan Boy as Jeremy Thibodeau. Set in BC. Hilariously, when she's at home, she wears a length of lace in her upswept hair, yet when she is on the run with Coe, it is replaced with a frayed piece of twine! Details Edit. The battle scenes are wonderful, as is pretty much everything in this film. Even those who became emancipated but still could never be citizens were held in contempt and fear and were often massacred. See the gallery.

In the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. They face insurmountable odds when they are betrayed by a Spartan reje They face insurmountable odds when they are betrayed by a Spartan reject.

See the full list. Phylon Barry Coe is a simple Spartan soldier who is, for the time being, deprived of honor to join the army. Truly this is a battle with a circus-like cast. Richardson appears as Greek statesman who doesn't always agree with Egan, but who does offer some amount of assistance when the time comes. A furious Xerxes orders his troops to attack. The Spartan kingdom has TWO kings, one it seems for fighting Leonidas and the other for answering mail, or something. Leonidas drops his shield and removes his helmet, seemingly bowing in submission. A really well done low budget film, well worth seeing. Realizing there is no time to wait for sufficient reinforcements, but abandoning the northern access to Greece proper may allow the Persian to swarm the country before it can make a proper stand, he decides to take a heroic suicidal stand: fight impossible odds till the last man at the narrow pass of Thermopylai to minimize the numeric disadvantage, in the hope this will buy enough time. Vervi Mauricio Armless Concubine. Did you know Edit. Dancer Ruan Vibegaard Sign In Sign In. The Thespians were a free people who worshiped Eros and the Muses and lacked a warrior class.