01 Aug 1962
The 300 Spartans
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.
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Jiří Adamíra Euripidés
Jana Hlaváčová Lyké
Jiřina Jirásková Hébé
Mahulena Bočanová Choiriné
Jaromír Hanzlík Kéfisofontés
Ladislav Křiváček
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