The three-day Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC saw a small Greek force, led by just 300 Spartans, heroically defend a narrow coastal pass from a 250,000-strong
Persian army. This revealing documentary uses dramatic reconstructions to bring this bloody conflict to life, and demonstrates how the small city state of Sparta and its austere culture of rigorous military discipline spawned some of the most feared warriors in the ancient world.
Director Richard Bedser ; Producer Patricia Wrobel