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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. Messenger : Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. They may be your last as king.

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.

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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.

A small Army of Greeks spearheaded by three hundred Spartans do battle with the whole invading Persian Army. Hydarnes, Commander of the Immortals : [Xerxes has sent an emissary to demand the Spartan surrender] yesterday, we only probed your positions. When we attack today, our arrows will blot out the sun! Leonidas, Spartan King : Good; then we will fight in the shade. Hydarnes, Commander of the Immortals : Leonidas; you cannot win this fight. Leonidas, Spartan King : Every day we stand is another day for Greece. Hydarnes, Commander of the Immortals : Leonidas, wait!

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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And the dialogue by the historical experts seemed very clunky. Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Nicholas Minchillo Spartan Baby B. More to explore. Praising Leonidas's sacrifice, Dilios leads the assembled Greek army into a fierce charge against the Persian army, igniting the Battle of Plataea. Only the men of his personal guard can he command and off he goes to save Greece itself knowing full well they all might die. Very similar to "Helen of Troy" in these respects. Leonidas elects to take of his best soldiers as his "bodyguard" on a leisurely walk to the strategic Hot Gates location. Therefore, we can as well state that THE SPARTANS differs from the latest movie exactly in that character development - the characters here are not only strong men who only fight well and are directed towards dining in hell but human beings with the feelings that they are bound to control, psychological strength that they must retain, and ideals that they live and die for. Technical specs Edit. Clear your history.

Hydarnes, Commander of the Immortals : [Xerxes has sent an emissary to demand the Spartan surrender] yesterday, we only probed your positions. When we attack today, our arrows will blot out the sun!

Watch The Complete Experience Thirsty. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Robert Brown Pentheus. Dimos Starenios Samos. At the Hot Gates, the Spartans learn they have been betrayed, and know their fight is doomed. The brave Spartan army is the great hope to free and unite Greece, and king Leonidas promises to the council of the Greek Stats to defend the passage of Thermopylae, the only way by land to reach Athens. It's only later with the help of a sleazy Greek traitor the scuzzy mountain goat-man Ephialtes Kieron Moore , who also tried to rape the sweet and innocent Ellas, that King Xerxes Persian army gets the drop on King Leonidas' Spartans by using a secret passage, that Ephialtes revealed to King Xerxes , to outflank the brave and courageous Greeks and force them into a circle where there were all, to the very last man including King Leonidas himself, shot and run through with wave after wave of deadly Persian spears and arrows. Dominic West Theron. No wonder why this is the film which also moved Frank Miller in his youth and prompted him to write a graphic novel and finally to make a movie. This was a childhood favourite of comic book author Frank Miller, whose comic book version of the same story, , was made in a film by Zach Snyder. Box office Edit.