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Director:
Rudolph Maté
Writers:
Gian Paolo Callegari (original story material)
Remigio Del Grosso (original story material)
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Release Date:
August 1962 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama | History | War more
Plot:
Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
Hollywood messes our myths
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User Comments:
My favorite all time movie more (87 total)

Cast

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Richard Egan ... King Leonidas
Ralph Richardson ... Themistocles of Athens (as Sir Ralph Richardson)
Diane Baker ... Ellas
Barry Coe ... Phylon
David Farrar ... Xerxes
Donald Houston ... Hydarnes
Anna Synodinou ... Gorgo
Kieron Moore ... Ephialtes
John Crawford ... Agathon the Spartan Spy
Robert Brown ... Pentheus
Laurence Naismith ... First Delegate
Anne Wakefield ... Artemisa
Ivan Triesault ... Demaratus
Charles Fawcett ... Megistias
Michalis Nikolinakos ... Myron (as Michael Nikolinakos)
Sandro Giglio ... Xenathon
Anna Raftopoulou ... Toris
Dimos Starenios ... Samos
Yorgos Moutsios ... Grellas (as George Moutsios)
Nikos Papakonstantinou ... Mardonius (as N. Papaconstantinou)
John G. Contes ... Artovadus
Marietta Flemotomos ... Woman at Shield Ceremony
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Directed by
Rudolph Maté 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Gian Paolo Callegari  original story material
Remigio Del Grosso  original story material
Giovanni d'Eramo  original story material (as Giovanni D'Eramo)
Ugo Liberatore  original story material (as Ugo Liberatori)
George St. George  written by

Produced by
Rudolph Maté .... producer
George St. George .... producer
 
Original Music by
Manos Hatzidakis 
 
Cinematography by
Geoffrey Unsworth 
 
Film Editing by
Jerry Webb  (as Jerome Webb)
 
Art Direction by
Arrigo Equini 
 
Costume Design by
Ginette Devaud 
 
Makeup Department
George Frost .... makeup artist
Amato Garbini .... makeup artist
Vasco Reggiani .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
William Eckhardt .... production manager (as William G. Eckhardt)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Erricos Andreou .... assistant director (as Eric Andreou)
Fred R. Simpson .... assistant director
Richard Talmadge .... second unit director
 
Art Department
Enzo Constantini .... set dresser
Carlo Gentili .... set dresser
 
Sound Department
Rusty Coppleman .... sound editor
David Hildyard .... sound
Winston Ryder .... sound editor (as Win Ryder)
Edgar Vetter .... sound recordist (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Jerry Kalogeratos .... photographer: second unit (as Jerry Kalogerados)
Cyril J. Knowles .... photographer: second unit (as Cyril Knowles)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anna Maria Feo .... wardrobe mistress (as Anna Maria Fea)
 
Editorial Department
John Crome .... assistant editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Manos Hatzidakis .... conductor
 
Other crew
Major Cleanthis Damianos .... military advisor
Paul Nord .... historical story advisor
Maggie Unsworth .... continuity (as Maggie Shipway)
Helen Whitson .... continuity
Ted Zarpas .... assistant to producers
Harriet Medin .... dialogue coach (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lion of Sparta
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Runtime:
114 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #29936) | Australia:G | West Germany:12 (nf) | Malaysia:U (DVD) | Singapore:PG | Germany:12 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-12 | UK:PG | UK:U (cut)
Filming Locations:
Athens, Greece more
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film is listed in the annual "Screen World" for 1961 releases as "The Lion Of Sparta", but reappears with full photo coverage for the next issue (for 1962 releases) as "300 Spartans". more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: While most of the Spartans wear the correct headgear, Leonidas and his officers wear Roman legionnaire style helmets that wouldn't be around for about 200 years. (This may have been so that they could easily be identified.) more
Quotes:
Themistocles of Athens: The whole of Asia is descending upon us. Many times more men than there are Greeks. These men are fierce, savage, bloodthirsty, merciless. But that is not the reason why we should fear them. That is not the source of their power. Their power lies in their unity. Unity! Remember that one terrible word which will surely destroy Greece, unless we counter it with a unity of our own. A unity of free men fighting together resisting this united tide of tyranny. more
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21 out of 33 people found the following comment useful.
My favorite all time movie, 25 January 2004
Author: ppeterson2-1 (ppeterson2@new.rr.com) from WI. USA

I saw this movie when it first came out in 1962, I believe, when I was just a kid and it is still one of my favorite movies of all time. As I got older there were a few mistakes in it that I noticed. One was, someone in the movie said that the Spartans fight like Machines. I don't think that the word machines or machines in general were invented then. I could be wrong though. A few other flaws but in my judgement it is one the finest army action fighting movies.Reading history books about the Persian wars it seems quite accurate.

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