La Bataille des Thermopyles

Synopsis

The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidas, 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.

Release date

01 Aug 1962

Directed by

Rudolph Maté

Runtime

1h 54m

Original title

The 300 Spartans

Cast

Richard Egan

King Leonidas

Ralph Richardson

Themistocles of Athens

Diane Baker

Ellas

Barry Coe

Phylon

David Farrar

Xerxes

Anne Wakefield

Artemisa

Donald Houston

Hydarnes

Άννα Συνοδινού

Gorgo

Robert Brown

Pentheus

Laurence Naismith

First Delegate

Ivan Triesault

Demaratus

Charles Fawcett

Megistias