Movie Settings Database

The 300 Spartans

Where:

🇬🇷 Greece

When:

The 5th Century BC

Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.

Released in 1962 — 114 minutes

Genres:

Action Drama History

Languages:

English Spanish