The 300 Spartans

Anna Synodinou, Barry Coe, David Farrar

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 more than 20 t...( read more  read more... )imes as large. 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.

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Unrated, 114 min.

Directed by: Rudolph Maté

Released: January 1, 1962

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DVD Released: May 20, 2003

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  • August 13, 2007
    Old fuzz
  • August 9, 2007
    total classic, great storytelling...for the time they did a great job, total must see
  • June 13, 2007
    Not in the same league as a film like Spartacus, nonetheless and interesting film that completely enthrawled me as a kid.
  • March 24, 2007
    the original version of the new "300" movie. very well thought out battle scenes and some strong female actresses
  • September 15, 2006
    Downbeat, exciting ancient Greek military tale.
  • June 16, 2009
    Why would anyone watch this if they can instead enjoy the super fake version with more greasy chests?

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  • preskhang
    September 25, 2007
    i don't think it was a good idea for the king to go against the advice of so many wise people. in the process he sacrificed his life and the other 300 brave spartans
  • QueenOfSparta
    August 27, 2007
    love this old version of 300 as well.....
  • chquin
    May 30, 2007
    omg this is like a 60s version of 300
  • pbol
    March 25, 2007
    can sum1 help mr? i cant find the movies trailer
  • rayman0071
    March 5, 2007
    Worth seeing. And one of the great widescreen "Panavision"
    films that exploded during the 1960's and this was one of them

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