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.
Eleni
The Echo of a Mother's Voice. Fuels a Son's Revenge.
Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as they struggle to survive in the occupied Greek hillside. The plot lines converge as Nick's investigations bring him closer to the answers.
Top Billed Cast
Kate Nelligan Eleni
John Malkovich Nicholas 'Nick' Gage
Linda Hunt Katina
Oliver Cotton Katis
Ronald Pickup Spiro
Rosalie Crutchley Grandmother
Glenne Headly Joan
Dimitra Arliss Ana (Czechoslovakia)
Steve Plytas Christos
Lisa Jakub Katis' Granddaughter
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