For the historical Spartan contingent, see Battle of Thermopylae.

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George Story by Gian Paolo Callegari Remigio Del Grosso Giovanni dEramo Ugo Liberatore Starring Richard Egan Sir Ralph Richardson Diane Baker Barry Coe David Farrar Music by Manos Hadjidakis Cinematography Geoffrey Unsworth Edited by Jerry Webb Production company 20th Century Fox Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date.

Made with the cooperation of the Greek government, it was shot in the village of Perachora in the Peloponnese.

The working title was Lion of Sparta.

It stars Richard Egan as the Spartan king Leonidas, Sir Ralph Richardson as Themistocles of Athens and David Farrar as Persian king Xerxes, with Diane Baker as Ellas and Barry Coe as Phylon providing the requisite romantic element in the film.

Greek warriors, led by 300 Spartans, fight against a Persian army of almost limitless size.

Accompanying him are Artemisia, the Queen of Halicarnassus, who beguiles Xerxes with her feminine charm, and Demaratus, an exiled king of Sparta, to whose warnings Xerxes pays little heed.

Outside the hall, Leonidas and Themistocles agree to fortify the narrow pass at Thermopylae until the rest of the army arrives.

After this, Leonidas learns of the Persian advance and travels to Sparta to spread the news and rally the rest of the troops.

Leonidas decides to march north immediately with his personal bodyguard of 300 men, who are exempt from the decisions of the Ephors and the Gerousia.

They are subsequently reinforced by about 700 volunteer Thespians led by Demophilus and few other Greek allies.

Leonidas receives word sent by his wife that, by decision of the Ephors, the remainder of the Spartan army, rather than joining him as he had expected, will only fortify the isthmus in the Peloponnese and will advance no further.

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The Greeks constantly beat back the Persians, and following the defeat of most of his personal bodyguard in battle against the Spartans plus the killingdeath of Xerxes own two brothers, Xerxes begins to consider withdrawing to Sardis until he can equip a larger force at a later date.

He prepares to withdraw, as advised by Artemesia (who, having a Greek mother, has her own agenda to dissuade the king from continuing the invasion).

Xerxes, however, receives word from the treacherous and avaricious Ephialtes of a secret old goat-track through the mountains that will enable his forces to attack the Greeks from the rear.

Promising to richly reward the traitorous goatherd for his betrayal (just as Ephialtes had expected) an emboldened Xerxes sends his army onward.

Being too few to hold the pass, the Spartans instead attack the Persian front, where Xerxes is nearby.

Meanwhile, the Thespians, who had refused to leave, are overwhelmed (offscreen) while defending the rear.

Surrounded, the surviving Spartans refuse Xerxess demand to give up Leonidas body.

One of the final images of the film is the stone memorial bearing the epigram of Simonides of Ceos, which the narrator recites in honour of the slain 300 Spartan mens bravery.

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The northern Corinthian site doubled as Thermopylae and the surrounding areas as it had become impossible to shoot at the actual location in Thermopylae.