1 00:01:09,169 --> 00:01:10,836 When the boy was born… 2 00:01:12,248 --> 00:01:14,782 he, like all Spartans, was examined. 3 00:01:16,564 --> 00:01:21,171 If he had been small or weak or unhealthy or deformed… 4 00:01:21,297 --> 00:01:23,924 he would have been thrown away. 5 00:01:30,825 --> 00:01:35,205 From the time he could stand, he was trained to fight. 6 00:01:58,515 --> 00:02:01,702 Learned never to retreat, never to surrender. 7 00:02:02,334 --> 00:02:06,334 He taught that dying on the battlefield, in the service of Sparta… 8 00:02:07,390 --> 00:02:10,310 was the greatest glory that he could achieve. 9 00:02:25,936 --> 00:02:29,582 At the age of 7, as usual in Sparta… 10 00:02:30,599 --> 00:02:35,078 he was taken from his mother and immersed in a world of violence. 11 00:02:36,484 --> 00:02:41,377 Formed by 300 years of Spartan martial art… 12 00:02:41,855 --> 00:02:45,568 to create the best soldiers that the world has ever known. 13 00:02:46,403 --> 00:02:50,642 The agoge, as it is called, forces the boy to fight. 14 00:02:51,402 --> 00:02:54,244 Starve them, forces them to steal… 15 00:02:55,150 --> 00:02:58,230 and if necessary, to kill. 16 00:03:00,559 --> 00:03:02,793 He was punished with a stick and whip... 17 00:03:03,685 --> 00:03:06,518 learned to ignore pain and to be merciless 18 00:03:08,813 --> 00:03:11,520 Constantly tested, thrown into the wilderness. 19 00:03:12,450 --> 00:03:16,672 Left to his mind and will against nature's fury 20 00:03:18,174 --> 00:03:19,536 It was his initiation… 21 00:03:20,474 --> 00:03:22,009 his time in the wilderness. 22 00:03:23,289 --> 00:03:26,584 He would return as a Spartan… 23 00:03:27,900 --> 00:03:28,934 or not at all. 24 00:03:52,259 --> 00:03:54,380 The wolf circles the boy. 25 00:03:55,373 --> 00:04:00,173 Claws of black steel, a coat as dark as the night. 26 00:04:00,704 --> 00:04:04,825 Red glowing eyes, jewels from hell. 27 00:04:14,973 --> 00:04:17,587 The giant wolf snorts… 28 00:04:18,988 --> 00:04:21,648 enjoying the smell of the meal to be. 29 00:04:46,359 --> 00:04:50,392 It is not fear that seizes him, only heightened senses. 30 00:04:51,959 --> 00:04:54,219 The cold air in his lungs. 31 00:04:55,843 --> 00:04:58,976 Waving pine trees moving against the night that is coming. 32 00:05:07,334 --> 00:05:08,707 He has steady hands. 33 00:05:09,780 --> 00:05:10,774 His attitude… 34 00:05:12,241 --> 00:05:13,091 perfect. 35 00:05:40,058 --> 00:05:42,838 And so the boy, given up for dead… 36 00:05:42,979 --> 00:05:47,632 returns to his people, to holy Sparta, as king. 37 00:05:48,152 --> 00:05:50,732 Our king, Leonidas. 38 00:05:57,925 --> 00:06:01,298 The wolf and the winter cold have been more than 30 years. 39 00:06:03,051 --> 00:06:06,565 And now, as then, a beast approaches. 40 00:06:07,424 --> 00:06:11,197 Patient and confident, enjoying the meal to be. 41 00:06:12,830 --> 00:06:16,183 But this beast exists of men and horses… 42 00:06:16,374 --> 00:06:18,121 swords and spears. 43 00:06:19,474 --> 00:06:24,460 A slave army, unimaginably large, ready to devour Greece. 44 00:06:24,814 --> 00:06:29,440 For the world's only hope of reason and to eradicate righteousness. 45 00:06:32,237 --> 00:06:34,277 A beast approaches… 46 00:06:37,772 --> 00:06:42,252 and it was King Leonidas himself who provoked it. 47 00:07:54,343 --> 00:07:55,330 That's it. 48 00:07:56,136 --> 00:07:59,969 The more you sweat here, the less you will bleed in battle. 49 00:08:02,229 --> 00:08:04,356 My father taught me… 50 00:08:04,762 --> 00:08:06,795 that there is always fear. 51 00:08:07,097 --> 00:08:10,457 By accepting it, you become stronger. 52 00:08:10,703 --> 00:08:11,603 My queen. 53 00:08:12,335 --> 00:08:14,930 There's a Persian envoy waiting for Leonidas. 54 00:08:17,721 --> 00:08:22,715 Ultimately is the true power of a Spartan, the warrior next to him. 55 00:08:23,650 --> 00:08:26,827 So treat each other with honor and respect. 56 00:08:28,678 --> 00:08:29,578 First... 57 00:08:30,812 --> 00:08:33,818 you fight with your head. -Then with your heart. 58 00:08:36,209 --> 00:08:37,109 What is? 59 00:08:38,169 --> 00:08:40,415 A Persian messenger awaits you. 60 00:08:42,225 --> 00:08:43,603 Don't forget this lesson. 61 00:08:43,843 --> 00:08:46,029 Respect and honor. -Respect and honor. 62 00:09:02,119 --> 00:09:05,405 Counselor Theron, you consider yourself necessary for once. 63 00:09:07,650 --> 00:09:10,786 My king and queen, I was just keeping your guests entertained. 64 00:09:10,836 --> 00:09:12,131 I'm sure of that. 65 00:09:13,302 --> 00:09:14,955 Before you speak, Press… 66 00:09:15,134 --> 00:09:18,585 knows that in Sparta everyone, even the messenger of a king… 67 00:09:18,635 --> 00:09:21,095 is responsible for his words. 68 00:09:22,292 --> 00:09:24,652 What message are you bringing? 69 00:09:26,179 --> 00:09:27,606 Earth and water. 70 00:09:30,665 --> 00:09:34,532 Have you come all the way from Persia? for earth and water? 71 00:09:35,939 --> 00:09:40,388 Don't be shy or stupid, Persian. Neither can be afforded in Sparta. 72 00:09:40,438 --> 00:09:43,036 Why does this woman think to be able to talk among men? 73 00:09:43,086 --> 00:09:46,032 Because only Spartan women give birth to real men. 74 00:09:47,399 --> 00:09:50,705 Let's take a walk to cool down. 75 00:09:53,699 --> 00:09:58,732 If you love your life, then listen carefully, Leonidas. 76 00:09:58,832 --> 00:10:02,705 Xerxes conquers and controls everything what he has in mind. 77 00:10:03,738 --> 00:10:06,878 His army is so gigantic, that the earth trembles. 78 00:10:07,001 --> 00:10:09,478 So enormous that it drinks the rivers dry. 79 00:10:09,780 --> 00:10:13,020 The only thing that god-king Xerxes needs is this: 80 00:10:13,209 --> 00:10:16,254 a simple offering of earth and water… 81 00:10:16,688 --> 00:10:20,520 a sign of Sparta's submission. 82 00:10:31,835 --> 00:10:32,808 Submission? 83 00:10:36,127 --> 00:10:37,974 That's a bit of a problem. 84 00:10:38,507 --> 00:10:42,681 Rumor has it that the Athenians have already rejected you. 85 00:10:43,512 --> 00:10:48,698 And like those philosophers and pedophiles have so much courage... 86 00:10:48,786 --> 00:10:52,214 Let's be diplomatic. -Of course Spartans have to... 87 00:10:54,014 --> 00:10:55,854 think about their reputation. 88 00:10:56,401 --> 00:10:59,821 Choose your words carefully, Leonidas. 89 00:11:00,693 --> 00:11:03,080 They could be your last as king. 90 00:11:43,711 --> 00:11:46,185 Earth and water… 91 00:11:52,366 --> 00:11:54,153 Crazy. You're a fool. 92 00:11:54,425 --> 00:11:55,865 Earth and water. 93 00:11:56,605 --> 00:11:58,805 You'll find plenty of them down there. 94 00:11:59,052 --> 00:12:02,645 No man, Persian or Greek, no one threatens a messenger. 95 00:12:02,905 --> 00:12:07,418 You bring me the crowns and heads of conquered kings. 96 00:12:08,057 --> 00:12:09,890 You insult my queen. 97 00:12:10,364 --> 00:12:13,057 You threaten my people with slavery and death. 98 00:12:14,197 --> 00:12:16,937 I have chosen my words carefully. 99 00:12:17,337 --> 00:12:19,547 Maybe you should have done the same. 100 00:12:19,597 --> 00:12:22,090 This is blasphemy. This is madness. 101 00:12:40,544 --> 00:12:41,511 Madness? 102 00:12:43,075 --> 00:12:45,610 This is Sparta. 103 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:13,347 Welcome, Leonidas. 104 00:14:14,820 --> 00:14:16,800 We've been expecting you. 105 00:14:24,597 --> 00:14:28,663 The ephors, priests of the old gods. 106 00:14:30,283 --> 00:14:31,730 Inbred pigs. 107 00:14:32,763 --> 00:14:34,332 More creature than man. 108 00:14:35,985 --> 00:14:40,392 Creatures that even Leonidas must bribe and beg. 109 00:14:42,238 --> 00:14:46,709 For no Spartan king has gone to war without their blessing. 110 00:14:48,749 --> 00:14:52,135 The Persians claim that there are millions of them. 111 00:14:53,442 --> 00:14:55,602 I hope for our sake they are exaggerating. 112 00:14:57,181 --> 00:15:01,301 Without a doubt, we are opposite the largest army ever assembled. 113 00:15:01,747 --> 00:15:03,947 Before your plan is heard… 114 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,227 what do you offer? 115 00:15:17,138 --> 00:15:20,732 We will use it of our superior martial arts… 116 00:15:21,451 --> 00:15:25,198 and the terrain of Greece to destroy them. 117 00:15:25,502 --> 00:15:28,838 We move to the coast in the north, where I will ensure that… 118 00:15:28,888 --> 00:15:33,642 It's August, Leonidas. The full moon is approaching. 119 00:15:33,942 --> 00:15:36,675 The sacred and ancient festival. 120 00:15:37,245 --> 00:15:41,527 Sparta does not wage war during the Carneia. 121 00:15:41,612 --> 00:15:43,433 Sparta will burn. 122 00:15:43,726 --> 00:15:45,333 Her men will die… 123 00:15:45,418 --> 00:15:48,839 and her wives and children become slaves or worse. 124 00:15:52,717 --> 00:15:55,964 We will attack the Persian coast block… 125 00:15:56,610 --> 00:15:59,090 by rebuilding the great Phocian Wall. 126 00:15:59,263 --> 00:16:03,283 We guide them from there to the mountain pass called the Hot Gates. 127 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:07,806 In that narrow passage their numbers are worthless. 128 00:16:08,427 --> 00:16:14,074 And all the Persian attack waves will break upon the Spartan shields. 129 00:16:15,786 --> 00:16:20,094 Xerxes' loss will be so great, men are so demoralized... 130 00:16:20,179 --> 00:16:23,919 that he will have to abandon his campaign. 131 00:16:24,361 --> 00:16:27,254 We must consult the oracle. 132 00:16:28,150 --> 00:16:30,570 Trust the gods, Leonidas. 133 00:16:31,016 --> 00:16:34,229 I'd rather you guys trust your reason. 134 00:16:34,353 --> 00:16:36,414 Your blasphemies… 135 00:16:36,677 --> 00:16:39,890 have already cost us enough. 136 00:16:41,773 --> 00:16:44,526 Don't make it worse. 137 00:16:46,833 --> 00:16:51,426 We will consult the oracle. 138 00:16:53,832 --> 00:16:55,746 Sick old mystics. 139 00:16:57,349 --> 00:17:01,355 Worthless remains of a time before Sparta's rise. 140 00:17:02,318 --> 00:17:04,385 Remnants of a pointless tradition. 141 00:17:05,766 --> 00:17:08,959 Tradition that even Leonidas cannot defy… 142 00:17:10,243 --> 00:17:14,141 because he has the word of the ephors must respect. 143 00:17:14,747 --> 00:17:15,827 That's the law. 144 00:17:19,377 --> 00:17:23,936 And no Spartan, subject or citizen, man or woman… 145 00:17:24,216 --> 00:17:27,829 slave or king, is above the law. 146 00:18:03,257 --> 00:18:09,511 The Ephors choose alone the most beautiful Spartan girls as oracles. 147 00:18:10,330 --> 00:18:12,710 Their beauty is their curse… 148 00:18:13,441 --> 00:18:16,721 for the old wretches have human needs… 149 00:18:18,561 --> 00:18:21,554 and souls as black as hell. 150 00:18:25,657 --> 00:18:27,850 Pray to the winds. 151 00:18:31,332 --> 00:18:33,417 Sparta will fall. 152 00:18:36,462 --> 00:18:38,889 All Greece will fall. 153 00:18:42,214 --> 00:18:44,940 Don't rely on men. 154 00:18:47,966 --> 00:18:49,972 Honor the gods. 155 00:18:54,962 --> 00:18:57,750 Honor the Carneia. 156 00:19:00,567 --> 00:19:03,427 The climb down is more difficult. 157 00:19:04,234 --> 00:19:06,313 Puffed up inbred pigs. 158 00:19:07,317 --> 00:19:09,770 Worthless, sick, rotten… 159 00:19:10,744 --> 00:19:11,744 corrupt. 160 00:19:16,232 --> 00:19:19,468 You are actually standing now on the side of the god-king… 161 00:19:20,358 --> 00:19:22,265 wise and holy men. 162 00:19:24,347 --> 00:19:28,214 And when Sparta burns, you will be buried in gold. 163 00:19:29,429 --> 00:19:33,182 You will daily get new oracles… 164 00:19:34,110 --> 00:19:36,704 from every corner of the empire. 165 00:20:13,578 --> 00:20:16,724 Being able to finish your lips what your fingers started. 166 00:20:20,396 --> 00:20:23,396 Or does the oracle have you too? deprived of your desire? 167 00:20:24,262 --> 00:20:29,170 It takes more than a drunk girl, to take away my desire for you. 168 00:20:33,390 --> 00:20:34,991 Why so distant? 169 00:20:38,078 --> 00:20:39,211 It seems… 170 00:20:40,115 --> 00:20:44,891 despite being a slave and prisoner of lustful old men is… 171 00:20:46,425 --> 00:20:49,544 the oracle everything I love endangers. 172 00:20:49,806 --> 00:20:53,692 Is that why my king can't sleep? 173 00:20:56,495 --> 00:21:00,621 The words of one woman would should influence my husband's mood. 174 00:21:01,635 --> 00:21:02,641 Mine. 175 00:21:07,070 --> 00:21:09,910 What should a king do? to save his world... 176 00:21:09,995 --> 00:21:14,373 as its own laws force him to do nothing? 177 00:21:17,303 --> 00:21:20,143 It's not about what a citizen should do... 178 00:21:20,791 --> 00:21:23,016 neither a husband nor a king. 179 00:21:24,339 --> 00:21:26,537 Ask yourself, my dear… 180 00:21:28,565 --> 00:21:30,205 what should a free man do? 181 00:22:36,192 --> 00:22:39,272 Are they all these? -As ordered. Three hundred. 182 00:22:41,222 --> 00:22:43,702 All with sons to pass on their names. 183 00:22:55,272 --> 00:22:56,638 We are with you, Sire. 184 00:22:57,072 --> 00:22:58,958 For Sparta. For freedom. 185 00:22:59,316 --> 00:23:00,225 Until death. 186 00:23:12,121 --> 00:23:13,134 He is your son. 187 00:23:14,687 --> 00:23:17,610 He's too young to have felt love. 188 00:23:17,695 --> 00:23:21,495 I can replace it. Astinos is as brave and ready as anyone. 189 00:23:21,883 --> 00:23:24,929 He's as old as us when we first fought. 190 00:23:29,723 --> 00:23:31,209 You are a good friend… 191 00:23:32,018 --> 00:23:34,416 but there is no better captain. 192 00:23:41,019 --> 00:23:42,139 My good king. 193 00:23:43,946 --> 00:23:47,236 My good king, the oracle has spoken. 194 00:23:47,445 --> 00:23:50,345 The ephors have spoken. There should be no march. 195 00:23:50,461 --> 00:23:51,945 It is the law, my lord. 196 00:23:52,423 --> 00:23:56,022 The army is not allowed to go to war. -It won't. 197 00:23:57,293 --> 00:23:58,866 I didn't give an order. 198 00:23:59,354 --> 00:24:02,739 I take a walk, stretch my legs. 199 00:24:03,110 --> 00:24:07,190 Those 300 men are my bodyguard. 200 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,356 Our army remains in Sparta. 201 00:24:11,141 --> 00:24:12,394 Where are you going then? 202 00:24:15,578 --> 00:24:17,638 I hadn't really thought about it... 203 00:24:18,651 --> 00:24:19,971 but now that you ask... 204 00:24:20,958 --> 00:24:22,631 I think north. 205 00:24:25,163 --> 00:24:26,083 The Hot Gates? 206 00:24:28,910 --> 00:24:30,057 Forward. 207 00:24:31,495 --> 00:24:32,514 Forward. 208 00:24:34,728 --> 00:24:35,881 What should we do? 209 00:24:37,864 --> 00:24:39,017 What can we do? 210 00:24:39,804 --> 00:24:40,751 What can you do? 211 00:24:44,741 --> 00:24:47,435 Sparta needs sons. 212 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:37,200 Spartan… 213 00:25:47,243 --> 00:25:48,156 Yes, my lady? 214 00:26:04,549 --> 00:26:06,042 Return with your shield… 215 00:26:07,782 --> 00:26:08,722 or on it. 216 00:26:10,844 --> 00:26:11,824 Yes, my lady. 217 00:26:20,662 --> 00:26:22,102 'Farewell, my love.' 218 00:26:23,595 --> 00:26:24,695 He doesn't say it. 219 00:26:26,335 --> 00:26:28,055 No room for softness… 220 00:26:28,679 --> 00:26:29,655 not in Sparta. 221 00:26:30,896 --> 00:26:32,436 No room for weakness. 222 00:26:37,118 --> 00:26:40,431 Only the hard and strong can call themselves Spartans. 223 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,614 Only the hard ones. Only the strong. 224 00:27:15,001 --> 00:27:15,947 We march… 225 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:22,040 for our country, for our families, for our freedoms. 226 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:24,973 We march. 227 00:27:27,863 --> 00:27:28,770 Daxos. 228 00:27:29,717 --> 00:27:31,424 What a pleasant surprise. 229 00:27:31,764 --> 00:27:35,873 This morning is full of surprises. -It can't be more than a hundred. 230 00:27:35,923 --> 00:27:37,616 This is a surprise. -Quiet. 231 00:27:38,549 --> 00:27:39,849 This is not their army. 232 00:27:40,595 --> 00:27:42,948 We heard that Sparta was on the warpath… 233 00:27:43,307 --> 00:27:44,967 and we want to join. 234 00:27:45,449 --> 00:27:49,735 If you want to shed blood, then you can certainly participate. 235 00:27:50,050 --> 00:27:52,688 But a handful of soldiers against Xerxes? 236 00:27:53,401 --> 00:27:57,107 I expected Sparta would at least equal our numbers. 237 00:27:58,147 --> 00:27:59,101 Isn't that so? 238 00:28:01,391 --> 00:28:02,577 You, there. 239 00:28:03,527 --> 00:28:04,534 What is your profession? 240 00:28:05,244 --> 00:28:07,076 I'm a potter, sir. 241 00:28:08,604 --> 00:28:12,203 And you, Arcadian. What is your profession? 242 00:28:12,694 --> 00:28:14,707 Sculptor, sir. -Sculptor. 243 00:28:16,497 --> 00:28:18,090 And you? -Blacksmith. 244 00:28:23,029 --> 00:28:26,477 Spartans. What is your profession? 245 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:34,820 See, old friend? 246 00:28:35,669 --> 00:28:37,546 I have more soldiers than you. 247 00:28:48,557 --> 00:28:49,963 No sleep tonight… 248 00:28:51,367 --> 00:28:52,667 not for the king. 249 00:28:54,083 --> 00:28:59,023 His forty years are a straight line been to this one shining moment. 250 00:29:00,211 --> 00:29:05,566 This radiant clash of shield and spear, sword and bone, flesh and blood. 251 00:29:08,429 --> 00:29:12,978 His only regret is that he has so little to sacrifice. 252 00:29:35,228 --> 00:29:36,494 We are being followed. 253 00:29:42,402 --> 00:29:44,461 It has followed us since Sparta. 254 00:29:49,598 --> 00:29:51,284 My king. Look. 255 00:30:13,587 --> 00:30:14,794 What happened here? 256 00:30:15,591 --> 00:30:16,894 Where are all the people? 257 00:30:18,038 --> 00:30:18,947 Persians. 258 00:30:19,996 --> 00:30:21,787 About twenty. 259 00:30:24,132 --> 00:30:25,418 Scouts. 260 00:30:28,829 --> 00:30:30,301 But these footprints… 261 00:30:41,746 --> 00:30:42,596 Behind us. 262 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:58,073 Child. 263 00:31:31,587 --> 00:31:32,920 It's quiet now. 264 00:31:34,666 --> 00:31:35,532 She… 265 00:31:36,769 --> 00:31:40,589 They came out of the darkness with beasts. 266 00:31:42,388 --> 00:31:45,961 With their claws and teeth they grabbed them… 267 00:31:47,973 --> 00:31:48,972 Everyone… 268 00:31:51,167 --> 00:31:52,153 except me. 269 00:32:05,449 --> 00:32:06,355 The villagers. 270 00:32:07,533 --> 00:32:08,662 I found them. 271 00:32:20,987 --> 00:32:22,694 Have the gods no mercy? 272 00:32:24,947 --> 00:32:25,913 We are doomed. 273 00:32:27,009 --> 00:32:28,535 Quiet. 274 00:32:33,293 --> 00:32:37,316 The child speaks of the Persian spirits, known from ancient times. 275 00:32:39,286 --> 00:32:40,799 They are soul hunters. 276 00:32:43,119 --> 00:32:45,590 They cannot be killed or defeated. 277 00:32:46,289 --> 00:32:49,365 Not this darkness. Not these immortals. 278 00:32:52,689 --> 00:32:53,709 Immortals? 279 00:32:55,116 --> 00:32:56,889 We'll see about that. 280 00:33:20,199 --> 00:33:22,045 To the Hot Gates we march. 281 00:33:23,192 --> 00:33:25,805 Into that narrow passage we march… 282 00:33:26,715 --> 00:33:29,085 where Xerxes' majority is worthless. 283 00:33:30,085 --> 00:33:33,731 Spartans, citizen-soldiers, freed slaves. 284 00:33:34,172 --> 00:33:35,665 All brave Greeks. 285 00:33:37,135 --> 00:33:39,362 Brothers, fathers, sons… 286 00:33:40,379 --> 00:33:41,292 we march. 287 00:33:43,066 --> 00:33:47,292 For the sake of honor, duty, the glory, we march. 288 00:33:47,367 --> 00:33:49,372 Look. Persians. 289 00:33:55,586 --> 00:33:58,246 We are marching into the mouth of hell. 290 00:34:08,302 --> 00:34:13,209 Let us see how those motherless dogs, be embraced by Greece itself. 291 00:34:14,023 --> 00:34:14,873 Come. 292 00:34:17,628 --> 00:34:18,515 Where. 293 00:34:23,535 --> 00:34:25,036 It looks like rain. 294 00:34:29,355 --> 00:34:31,582 Zeus pierces the sky with lightning… 295 00:34:32,777 --> 00:34:35,715 and bombards the Persian ships with hurricane winds. 296 00:34:38,026 --> 00:34:39,206 Delicious. 297 00:34:52,571 --> 00:34:55,310 Only one of us keeps his composure. 298 00:35:01,506 --> 00:35:02,544 Only him. 299 00:35:03,575 --> 00:35:05,157 Only our king. 300 00:35:23,490 --> 00:35:24,404 My queen? 301 00:35:30,643 --> 00:35:34,749 My queen, the courtyard suits a married woman better. 302 00:35:35,718 --> 00:35:39,451 Gossip and protocols are the last of my concerns, counselor. 303 00:35:41,619 --> 00:35:43,437 Is such secrecy necessary? 304 00:35:43,689 --> 00:35:46,282 How can I someone trust outside my house? 305 00:35:46,429 --> 00:35:50,674 Even here, Theron has eyes and ears who feed Sparta with doubt and fear. 306 00:35:50,724 --> 00:35:53,977 You speak as if all of Sparta conspires against you. 307 00:35:54,676 --> 00:35:56,784 If only it was just me. 308 00:35:59,388 --> 00:36:04,508 Many in our council are willing to be loyal to Leonidas… 309 00:36:05,123 --> 00:36:07,176 but you must please them. 310 00:36:09,489 --> 00:36:11,476 Can I address the council? 311 00:36:11,897 --> 00:36:14,663 If they want to argue, I'll let them know. 312 00:36:14,758 --> 00:36:16,463 Know what, my queen? 313 00:36:17,231 --> 00:36:19,177 Freedom is not free at all. 314 00:36:19,393 --> 00:36:22,734 That the highest price must be paid, that of blood. 315 00:36:24,962 --> 00:36:27,402 I will convene the council. 316 00:36:28,116 --> 00:36:30,663 And the room will be filled with your voice. 317 00:36:32,293 --> 00:36:34,293 I am in your debt. -No. 318 00:36:34,409 --> 00:36:37,396 Leonidas is my king as well as yours. 319 00:37:03,266 --> 00:37:05,737 I saw those ships breaking against the rocks. 320 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:07,351 How is this possible? 321 00:37:07,790 --> 00:37:10,938 We only saw a fraction of Xerxes' army. 322 00:37:11,844 --> 00:37:13,504 We can never win this. 323 00:37:18,224 --> 00:37:19,257 Why are you laughing? 324 00:37:21,538 --> 00:37:22,388 Arcadian… 325 00:37:23,705 --> 00:37:25,692 I've fought countless times... 326 00:37:26,982 --> 00:37:31,603 I've never met an opponent who could give me a beautiful death. 327 00:37:32,785 --> 00:37:33,978 I can only hope... 328 00:37:34,654 --> 00:37:38,745 with all the warriors of the world against us, there might be one... 329 00:37:39,755 --> 00:37:41,058 who is capable of it. 330 00:37:52,652 --> 00:37:53,832 To walk. 331 00:37:56,283 --> 00:37:57,966 Keep moving, dogs. 332 00:38:06,883 --> 00:38:07,763 To walk. 333 00:38:10,290 --> 00:38:11,770 Forward. 334 00:38:15,272 --> 00:38:16,232 Stop here. 335 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:18,912 Who is the commander? 336 00:38:22,086 --> 00:38:27,152 I am the emissary of the ruler of the whole world… 337 00:38:28,039 --> 00:38:31,785 god of all gods, king of kings… 338 00:38:31,912 --> 00:38:37,272 and by this authority, I demand to speak to your commander. 339 00:38:41,486 --> 00:38:46,566 Listen. Do you think you're scaring us? by killing that meager group? 340 00:38:47,539 --> 00:38:50,806 These hills are crawling with our scouts. 341 00:38:51,179 --> 00:38:55,855 And you think your pathetic wall will do something... 342 00:38:55,905 --> 00:39:00,898 except falling like a heap of dry leaves opposite…? 343 00:39:13,997 --> 00:39:16,031 Our ancestors built this wall… 344 00:39:17,089 --> 00:39:20,242 with old stones from the bosom of Greece. 345 00:39:21,356 --> 00:39:26,016 And with some Spartan help, your scouts supplied the mortar. 346 00:39:27,069 --> 00:39:31,096 You will pay for your barbarity. 347 00:39:50,289 --> 00:39:51,389 My arm. 348 00:39:54,473 --> 00:39:55,986 It's no longer yours. 349 00:39:56,653 --> 00:40:00,999 Go now. Run and tell Xerxes that we are free men... 350 00:40:01,666 --> 00:40:02,573 no slaves. 351 00:40:03,153 --> 00:40:07,192 Do it quickly, before we decide to make our wall a little bigger. 352 00:40:07,594 --> 00:40:08,511 No. 353 00:40:09,487 --> 00:40:11,084 No slaves. 354 00:40:13,833 --> 00:40:16,320 Your women will be slaves. 355 00:40:17,809 --> 00:40:23,064 Your sons, your daughters and your parents will be slaves. 356 00:40:23,249 --> 00:40:25,029 But not you, no. 357 00:40:26,334 --> 00:40:30,167 You'll be dead by noon. 358 00:40:31,508 --> 00:40:36,260 A thousand nations of the Persian Empire attack you. 359 00:40:37,690 --> 00:40:40,880 Our arrows will darken the sun. 360 00:40:43,194 --> 00:40:45,316 Then we will fight in the shadows. 361 00:40:47,374 --> 00:40:48,453 The wall is solid. 362 00:40:50,815 --> 00:40:52,717 He will lead the Persians to the Hot Gates. 363 00:40:52,767 --> 00:40:55,796 Captain, there is behind us another route through the hills? 364 00:40:55,846 --> 00:40:56,928 None, Sire. 365 00:40:58,176 --> 00:41:02,243 There is such a route, good king. Just past that western edge. 366 00:41:02,830 --> 00:41:04,316 It is an old goat path. 367 00:41:04,636 --> 00:41:07,256 The Persians could flank us. 368 00:41:07,642 --> 00:41:11,469 Not one step closer, monster! 369 00:41:13,119 --> 00:41:16,675 Wise king, I humbly request an audience. 370 00:41:16,725 --> 00:41:20,071 I'll impale you on the spot. -I gave no such order. 371 00:41:30,868 --> 00:41:32,061 Forgive the captain. 372 00:41:32,634 --> 00:41:34,114 He's a good soldier... 373 00:41:34,759 --> 00:41:37,052 but a bit rude. 374 00:41:37,518 --> 00:41:41,772 There is nothing to forgive, brave king. I know what I look like. 375 00:41:41,991 --> 00:41:44,109 You wear the red of a Spartan. 376 00:41:44,604 --> 00:41:49,211 I am Ephialtes, born in Sparta. 377 00:41:50,900 --> 00:41:55,083 My mother's love led to it that my parents fled from Sparta… 378 00:41:55,133 --> 00:41:56,840 lest I be discarded. 379 00:41:57,173 --> 00:41:59,713 And your shield and armor? 380 00:42:00,910 --> 00:42:02,051 My father's. 381 00:42:03,910 --> 00:42:07,537 I beg you, brave king, to allow me… 382 00:42:08,029 --> 00:42:12,882 to clear my father's name by serving you in battle. 383 00:42:13,415 --> 00:42:16,475 My father taught me to feel no fear... 384 00:42:16,529 --> 00:42:21,901 for spear, shield and sword to make it part of myself. 385 00:42:22,659 --> 00:42:25,601 I will earn my father's armor, noble king… 386 00:42:26,006 --> 00:42:28,133 by fighting by your side. 387 00:42:33,542 --> 00:42:34,716 A nice punch. 388 00:42:35,700 --> 00:42:37,301 I will kill many Persians. 389 00:42:43,156 --> 00:42:44,288 Raise your shield. 390 00:42:44,815 --> 00:42:47,673 Sire? -Raise your shield as high as you can. 391 00:42:55,754 --> 00:42:59,056 Your father should have taught you how our phalanx works. 392 00:42:59,607 --> 00:43:04,000 We fight as one impenetrable unit. 393 00:43:04,358 --> 00:43:07,258 That is the basis of our strength. 394 00:43:08,229 --> 00:43:11,422 Every Spartan protects the man to his left... 395 00:43:12,004 --> 00:43:14,842 from thigh to neck with his shield. 396 00:43:15,174 --> 00:43:19,804 One weak spot and the phalanx falls apart. 397 00:43:21,541 --> 00:43:24,514 From thigh to neck, Ephialtes. 398 00:43:26,746 --> 00:43:28,292 I'm sorry, my friend. 399 00:43:29,279 --> 00:43:31,534 But not everyone is a born soldier. 400 00:43:31,584 --> 00:43:34,219 But I… -If you want to help Sparta… 401 00:43:34,744 --> 00:43:38,730 Clean up the dead, care for the wounded, give them water… 402 00:43:39,797 --> 00:43:41,523 but as for the fight... 403 00:43:43,103 --> 00:43:44,577 I can't use you. 404 00:43:55,962 --> 00:43:59,455 Mother. Father. You were wrong. 405 00:44:03,282 --> 00:44:04,651 You are wrong. 406 00:44:05,225 --> 00:44:08,778 Leonidas. You are wrong. 407 00:44:10,524 --> 00:44:12,745 Send the Phocians to the goat path… 408 00:44:13,184 --> 00:44:16,564 and pray that no one tells the Persians. 409 00:44:23,306 --> 00:44:24,226 Earthquake. 410 00:44:25,399 --> 00:44:26,266 No, captain. 411 00:44:28,144 --> 00:44:29,391 Combat formations. 412 00:44:53,966 --> 00:44:56,039 We stop them here. 413 00:44:57,279 --> 00:44:59,064 This is where we fight. 414 00:45:00,156 --> 00:45:02,450 Here they die. 415 00:45:02,822 --> 00:45:04,735 Earn these shields, guys. 416 00:45:07,428 --> 00:45:09,114 Remember this day, men... 417 00:45:10,081 --> 00:45:13,134 for it will be yours forever. 418 00:45:24,947 --> 00:45:25,894 Spartans. 419 00:45:26,731 --> 00:45:28,691 Put down your weapons. 420 00:45:45,807 --> 00:45:46,687 Persians. 421 00:45:48,660 --> 00:45:50,094 Come get them. 422 00:46:12,353 --> 00:46:13,307 Keep. 423 00:46:16,720 --> 00:46:18,126 Don't give them anything... 424 00:46:18,766 --> 00:46:22,033 but take everything from them. 425 00:46:23,953 --> 00:46:24,993 Calm. 426 00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:37,886 Push. 427 00:46:41,909 --> 00:46:43,502 Can't you do better? 428 00:46:46,528 --> 00:46:48,895 Push. Push. 429 00:46:58,653 --> 00:46:59,540 Now. 430 00:47:11,908 --> 00:47:13,014 Push. 431 00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:58,353 No prisoners. 432 00:47:59,876 --> 00:48:01,437 No mercy. 433 00:49:20,988 --> 00:49:22,394 They look thirsty. 434 00:49:24,173 --> 00:49:26,206 Let's give them something to drink. 435 00:49:30,106 --> 00:49:31,347 To the cliffs. 436 00:49:56,427 --> 00:49:57,380 Halt. 437 00:50:00,581 --> 00:50:02,001 A damn good start. 438 00:50:25,308 --> 00:50:26,708 Coverage. 439 00:50:33,243 --> 00:50:34,883 Persian cowards. 440 00:50:42,650 --> 00:50:45,630 Why are you laughing? -Because of what you said. 441 00:50:46,396 --> 00:50:49,481 What? -'Fighting in the shadows.' 442 00:51:03,670 --> 00:51:04,576 To get up. 443 00:51:28,905 --> 00:51:31,533 Today no Spartan dies. 444 00:51:56,545 --> 00:51:57,599 Calm down, boy. 445 00:52:24,336 --> 00:52:27,806 We do what we are trained to do, what we were made for… 446 00:52:27,856 --> 00:52:29,789 what we were born for. 447 00:52:38,281 --> 00:52:40,608 No prisoners. No mercy 448 00:52:41,548 --> 00:52:42,728 A good start. 449 00:53:52,490 --> 00:53:55,793 I was afraid you wouldn't come. -My son… 450 00:53:55,843 --> 00:54:00,269 Do what children are good at. Please don't apologize. 451 00:54:02,512 --> 00:54:04,932 Your son will start with the agoge next year. 452 00:54:05,266 --> 00:54:09,285 That's always a difficult time for a Spartan mother. 453 00:54:10,315 --> 00:54:13,655 Yes, it will be difficult. But also necessary. 454 00:54:17,408 --> 00:54:21,568 You will address the council in two days. 455 00:54:23,460 --> 00:54:25,647 My husband doesn't have two days. 456 00:54:25,952 --> 00:54:27,785 Think of it as a gift. 457 00:54:29,910 --> 00:54:31,043 It's no secret… 458 00:54:32,195 --> 00:54:34,103 Theron wants what you own. 459 00:54:35,290 --> 00:54:37,176 You must silence him. 460 00:54:38,236 --> 00:54:42,002 Make him your ally and victory is yours. 461 00:54:44,036 --> 00:54:44,936 Thank you. 462 00:54:46,092 --> 00:54:47,865 You are as wise as you are kind. 463 00:55:15,019 --> 00:55:16,639 There's your mother. 464 00:55:23,478 --> 00:55:26,965 You must be the future king keep a closer eye. 465 00:55:27,065 --> 00:55:29,664 It would be a shame something had to happen to him... 466 00:55:31,264 --> 00:55:32,618 or his beautiful mother. 467 00:55:54,094 --> 00:55:58,607 Our Greek comrades begging for a chance with the Persians, Sire. 468 00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:00,706 Good. 469 00:56:01,285 --> 00:56:03,004 I have something they can handle. 470 00:56:04,563 --> 00:56:07,383 Tell Daxos I'll take him and need his twenty best. 471 00:56:07,433 --> 00:56:10,629 Eager, down to earth and ready for the next attack. 472 00:56:11,143 --> 00:56:12,124 King Leonidas. 473 00:56:15,341 --> 00:56:18,204 Stelios, catch your breath, boy. -Yes, sir. 474 00:56:19,898 --> 00:56:21,157 The Persians are approaching. 475 00:56:23,455 --> 00:56:26,155 A small group. Too small for an attack. 476 00:56:31,071 --> 00:56:34,678 Captain, you're in charge. -But Sire… 477 00:56:34,763 --> 00:56:36,016 Relax, old friend. 478 00:56:36,196 --> 00:56:39,669 If they kill me all of Sparta goes to war. 479 00:56:41,716 --> 00:56:43,270 Pray they are that stupid. 480 00:56:45,434 --> 00:56:46,334 Pray… 481 00:56:47,614 --> 00:56:49,407 that we are so lucky. 482 00:56:52,891 --> 00:56:53,797 Moreover… 483 00:56:56,984 --> 00:56:59,525 there is no reason not to be civilized... 484 00:57:00,656 --> 00:57:01,584 or? 485 00:57:03,593 --> 00:57:04,613 No, Sire. 486 00:57:24,019 --> 00:57:25,045 Let me guess. 487 00:57:26,990 --> 00:57:29,630 You are Xerxes. 488 00:57:41,924 --> 00:57:42,997 Come, Leonidas. 489 00:57:45,457 --> 00:57:47,116 Let's come to some sense. 490 00:57:47,670 --> 00:57:49,283 It would be a shame… 491 00:57:49,839 --> 00:57:53,132 it would be downright insane should you, brave king... 492 00:57:53,217 --> 00:57:55,610 and your brave troops perish... 493 00:57:57,056 --> 00:57:59,189 because of a simple misunderstanding. 494 00:57:59,796 --> 00:58:01,782 We can learn a lot from each other. 495 00:58:01,908 --> 00:58:05,745 Didn't you notice? We've been sharing our culture all morning. 496 00:58:05,795 --> 00:58:07,808 Your tribe is fascinating. 497 00:58:08,368 --> 00:58:09,904 Even now you challenge… 498 00:58:10,592 --> 00:58:14,231 despite the coming destruction and in the presence of a god. 499 00:58:14,884 --> 00:58:17,370 You must not oppose me, Leonidas. 500 00:58:17,569 --> 00:58:20,030 Imagine the terrible fate from my enemies for... 501 00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:23,074 like one of my own men would kill for the win. 502 00:58:23,124 --> 00:58:25,677 And I would die for anyone of mine. 503 00:58:25,837 --> 00:58:29,610 You Greeks are proud of your logic. Then use it. 504 00:58:30,294 --> 00:58:33,341 Think of the beautiful country that you defend so fiercely. 505 00:58:33,950 --> 00:58:36,585 Imagine it being burned down. 506 00:58:36,762 --> 00:58:38,648 Think of the fate of your women. 507 00:58:38,842 --> 00:58:41,148 Clearly you don't know our women. 508 00:58:41,588 --> 00:58:45,354 I might as well have sent them, judging by what I've seen. 509 00:58:46,214 --> 00:58:48,614 You have many slaves, Xerxes… 510 00:58:49,600 --> 00:58:51,100 few warriors. 511 00:58:52,150 --> 00:58:55,396 It won't take long before they fear my spears anymore... 512 00:58:56,483 --> 00:58:57,890 then your whips. 513 00:59:02,811 --> 00:59:04,877 It's not the whip they fear... 514 00:59:08,368 --> 00:59:10,084 it is my divine power. 515 00:59:10,816 --> 00:59:15,102 But I am a generous god. I can make you incredibly rich. 516 00:59:15,785 --> 00:59:18,265 I make you warlord of all Greece. 517 00:59:18,811 --> 00:59:22,057 You will bring my war flag to the heart of Europe. 518 00:59:22,811 --> 00:59:24,248 Your Athenian rivals… 519 00:59:25,765 --> 00:59:27,068 will kneel before you... 520 00:59:28,717 --> 00:59:30,517 if you only kneel before me. 521 00:59:32,306 --> 00:59:33,542 You are equally generous… 522 00:59:35,030 --> 00:59:37,375 as divine… 523 00:59:38,226 --> 00:59:39,582 king of kings. 524 00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:42,761 Only a fool would refuse such an offer. 525 00:59:44,427 --> 00:59:45,607 But the… 526 00:59:47,456 --> 00:59:49,849 The thought of kneeling, it's… 527 00:59:50,503 --> 00:59:54,249 Behold, the slaughter of all your men has… 528 00:59:55,218 --> 00:59:58,118 Well, it got me gave me a cramp in my leg... 529 00:59:58,203 --> 01:00:01,196 so kneeling will be difficult for me. 530 01:00:01,518 --> 01:00:03,978 Your sacrifice will not be glorious. 531 01:00:04,978 --> 01:00:08,790 I will even remember the memory of Sparta erase from history. 532 01:00:08,840 --> 01:00:11,620 Any piece of Greek parchment will be burned. 533 01:00:12,352 --> 01:00:17,679 Every Greek historian and every writer will lose his eyes and his tongue. 534 01:00:17,764 --> 01:00:23,020 On pronouncing the name Sparta or Leonidas will face the death penalty. 535 01:00:24,776 --> 01:00:27,495 The world will never know that you existed. 536 01:00:30,177 --> 01:00:34,044 The world will know that free men took on a tyrant. 537 01:00:35,037 --> 01:00:37,310 That the few stood up against the many. 538 01:00:38,950 --> 01:00:41,036 And before this battle was over… 539 01:00:42,271 --> 01:00:44,463 that even a god-king can bleed. 540 01:00:52,572 --> 01:00:54,405 You fought well today... 541 01:00:56,244 --> 01:00:57,132 for a woman. 542 01:00:59,257 --> 01:01:00,208 Just like you. 543 01:01:01,085 --> 01:01:03,928 When I'm hurt maybe you can keep up with me. 544 01:01:04,613 --> 01:01:08,627 Maybe I was so far ahead, that you couldn't see me. 545 01:01:10,274 --> 01:01:12,993 Rather giving your ass to the Thespians. 546 01:01:14,400 --> 01:01:17,493 Jealousy doesn't suit you, my friend. 547 01:01:21,436 --> 01:01:22,562 Pace, guys. 548 01:01:25,816 --> 01:01:27,395 Pile those Persians high. 549 01:01:31,364 --> 01:01:32,950 Unless I'm wrong... 550 01:01:34,523 --> 01:01:36,496 we're in for a wild night. 551 01:02:01,538 --> 01:02:05,804 They have bad will of Persian kings served for 500 years 552 01:02:06,886 --> 01:02:08,846 Eyes as dark as the night. 553 01:02:09,473 --> 01:02:11,433 Razor-sharp teeth. 554 01:02:13,353 --> 01:02:14,706 Soulless. 555 01:02:23,026 --> 01:02:27,452 The bodyguard of King Xerxes himself. The Persian warrior elite. 556 01:02:29,715 --> 01:02:32,135 The deadliest fighting force in all of Asia: 557 01:02:33,535 --> 01:02:34,915 the immortals. 558 01:02:43,880 --> 01:02:46,660 The god-king showed a weak spot: 559 01:02:47,821 --> 01:02:48,734 pride. 560 01:02:51,776 --> 01:02:54,369 Easy to provoke, easy to deceive. 561 01:02:55,302 --> 01:02:57,812 Even before wounds and fatigue have taken their toll… 562 01:02:57,862 --> 01:03:00,368 the mad king sends his best men. 563 01:03:01,826 --> 01:03:03,541 Xerxes has taken the bait. 564 01:03:03,679 --> 01:03:05,639 Spartans, push. 565 01:03:16,251 --> 01:03:17,358 Immortals. 566 01:03:18,288 --> 01:03:20,002 We are testing that out. 567 01:04:05,326 --> 01:04:06,259 Father. 568 01:05:52,225 --> 01:05:53,125 My king. 569 01:07:06,589 --> 01:07:08,529 Arcadians, now. 570 01:07:10,828 --> 01:07:13,568 Go. Show the Spartans what we can do. 571 01:07:14,165 --> 01:07:15,078 Go. 572 01:07:25,104 --> 01:07:26,697 They shout and curse… 573 01:07:26,788 --> 01:07:30,548 and strike around like wild men. 574 01:07:31,438 --> 01:07:33,438 They make a mess of it. 575 01:07:35,024 --> 01:07:37,317 Brave amateurs, they do their part. 576 01:08:25,410 --> 01:08:26,510 Immortals. 577 01:08:27,465 --> 01:08:29,518 They fail our king's test. 578 01:08:30,177 --> 01:08:32,865 And a man who considers himself a god… 579 01:08:33,893 --> 01:08:37,499 feels a human shiver over his back. 580 01:08:45,893 --> 01:08:46,799 To our king. 581 01:08:48,486 --> 01:08:49,913 And our honored dead. 582 01:08:50,652 --> 01:08:53,546 Who will Xerxes send next? Who? 583 01:08:53,706 --> 01:08:55,478 Nothing can stop us now. 584 01:08:57,312 --> 01:09:00,706 Even the king hopes for more than glory. 585 01:09:01,084 --> 01:09:04,038 Vain hope, but there it is: 586 01:09:04,837 --> 01:09:10,023 "Against Asia's endless hordes, against all odds, we can do it." 587 01:09:10,490 --> 01:09:12,324 We can keep the Hot Gates. 588 01:09:13,308 --> 01:09:14,448 "We can win." 589 01:09:22,910 --> 01:09:23,963 Sunrise. 590 01:09:25,323 --> 01:09:28,549 Crack whips. Barbarians cry 591 01:09:29,623 --> 01:09:32,309 Those behind shout: forward! 592 01:09:35,407 --> 01:09:38,467 Those in front shout: back! 593 01:09:45,299 --> 01:09:50,852 We are witnessing a grotesque creature from the darkest corner of Xerxes' empire. 594 01:10:42,282 --> 01:10:45,829 When strength failed, they turned to their magic. 595 01:10:47,976 --> 01:10:52,449 A hundred nations attack us, the armies of all Asia 596 01:10:52,993 --> 01:10:57,026 In this narrow passage, their majority does not count. 597 01:11:31,779 --> 01:11:33,777 Hundreds died. 598 01:11:33,902 --> 01:11:38,315 Mattered and with fragile hearts we will send them back to Xerxes. 599 01:11:56,077 --> 01:11:59,250 King Xerxes is dissatisfied with his generals 600 01:12:00,464 --> 01:12:01,897 He punishes them. 601 01:12:19,962 --> 01:12:23,162 Xerxes sends his monsters from far and wide. 602 01:12:35,215 --> 01:12:39,935 They are clumsy animals and the piled up dead Persians are slippery. 603 01:13:16,390 --> 01:13:18,826 Are you still there? -Someone has to look after you. 604 01:13:18,911 --> 01:13:20,397 Not now. I'm busy. 605 01:14:00,773 --> 01:14:02,179 Regroup. 606 01:14:06,536 --> 01:14:07,556 Astinos. 607 01:14:08,396 --> 01:14:09,389 My son. 608 01:14:46,818 --> 01:14:48,037 The day progresses. 609 01:14:49,304 --> 01:14:50,790 We lose few... 610 01:14:51,660 --> 01:14:55,493 but every slain is a friend, or relative. 611 01:14:57,124 --> 01:15:00,717 And upon seeing the decapitated body of his own son… 612 01:15:01,297 --> 01:15:03,070 the captain leaves the ranks. 613 01:15:03,290 --> 01:15:06,008 He goes wild. Bloodthirsty. 614 01:15:31,330 --> 01:15:33,517 His cries of sorrow… 615 01:15:33,602 --> 01:15:37,143 instills more fear in the enemy then the war drum 616 01:15:37,954 --> 01:15:41,014 It takes three men to get him back. 617 01:15:42,253 --> 01:15:43,477 It's our day. 618 01:15:44,882 --> 01:15:46,557 There is no singing. 619 01:16:27,718 --> 01:16:31,291 Cruel of the gods to disfigure you thus, Ephialtes. 620 01:16:34,800 --> 01:16:38,400 And the Spartans were cruel to reject you. 621 01:16:42,609 --> 01:16:43,795 But I'm nice. 622 01:16:51,190 --> 01:16:53,209 Everything you could wish for... 623 01:16:54,928 --> 01:16:56,527 any kind of happiness... 624 01:16:58,781 --> 01:17:03,034 every pleasure your fellow Greeks and your false gods withheld from you… 625 01:17:04,200 --> 01:17:05,326 I will give you. 626 01:17:07,732 --> 01:17:08,972 Because I'm nice. 627 01:17:24,069 --> 01:17:26,715 Embrace me as your king and your god. 628 01:17:28,526 --> 01:17:29,409 Yes. 629 01:17:31,619 --> 01:17:36,159 Lead my soldiers to the hidden path behind the cursed Spartans… 630 01:17:36,792 --> 01:17:38,745 and your joy will be endless. 631 01:17:47,368 --> 01:17:49,428 Yes. I want it all. 632 01:17:50,955 --> 01:17:53,449 Wealth. Women. 633 01:17:56,475 --> 01:17:57,801 And one more thing… 634 01:18:01,400 --> 01:18:02,900 I want a uniform. 635 01:18:08,510 --> 01:18:09,476 Agree. 636 01:18:11,840 --> 01:18:13,120 You will see… 637 01:18:14,121 --> 01:18:15,373 I'm nice. 638 01:18:17,291 --> 01:18:21,084 Unlike the cruel Leonidas, who demanded that you stand… 639 01:18:23,565 --> 01:18:24,871 I just demand… 640 01:18:26,104 --> 01:18:27,037 that you kneel. 641 01:18:55,171 --> 01:18:56,184 Beautiful evening. 642 01:18:58,502 --> 01:19:01,682 Yes, but I didn't summon you for banter, Theron. 643 01:19:03,019 --> 01:19:05,019 You can be sure of that. 644 01:19:06,636 --> 01:19:08,435 You always speak your mind. 645 01:19:09,972 --> 01:19:12,492 Can I offer you something? A drink? 646 01:19:13,449 --> 01:19:14,369 Is it poison? 647 01:19:15,573 --> 01:19:18,114 I have to disappoint you. It's just water. 648 01:19:28,195 --> 01:19:30,835 I heard that you are going to address the council. 649 01:19:31,948 --> 01:19:32,887 Yes. 650 01:19:33,977 --> 01:19:38,235 I need your vote to send the army to the king. 651 01:19:40,124 --> 01:19:42,097 I can see it, the two of us together. 652 01:19:42,857 --> 01:19:46,417 Me, politician. You, warrior. Our voices as one. 653 01:19:48,650 --> 01:19:49,876 But why should I? 654 01:19:51,003 --> 01:19:54,896 It proves that you care about the king who fights for that water. 655 01:19:55,282 --> 01:19:56,163 Beats. 656 01:19:57,254 --> 01:19:59,294 But this is politics, not war. 657 01:20:00,148 --> 01:20:01,701 Leonidas is an idealist. 658 01:20:02,235 --> 01:20:06,181 I know your kind. You send men to their deaths for your own gain. 659 01:20:06,266 --> 01:20:10,492 Your husband, our king, will kill 300 of our best. 660 01:20:11,349 --> 01:20:15,623 He broke our laws and left without permission. 661 01:20:16,563 --> 01:20:19,523 I'm just a realist. -You are an opportunist. 662 01:20:20,375 --> 01:20:24,583 You are as foolish as Leonidas if you think people are not for sale. 663 01:20:24,633 --> 01:20:28,506 Not everyone is equal. That is the Spartan code, my queen. 664 01:20:33,095 --> 01:20:34,408 I admire your passion. 665 01:20:36,891 --> 01:20:38,170 But don't think you… 666 01:20:39,130 --> 01:20:41,471 a woman, even a queen… 667 01:20:41,556 --> 01:20:45,101 can influence the opinion of council members. 668 01:20:45,655 --> 01:20:47,195 I own that room… 669 01:20:48,314 --> 01:20:50,121 as if I built it myself. 670 01:20:54,803 --> 01:20:57,071 I can squeeze the life out of you. 671 01:20:59,389 --> 01:21:02,682 You will be in front of the council speaking to deaf ears. 672 01:21:03,266 --> 01:21:08,212 Leonidas receives no reinforcements and if he returns, without my help... 673 01:21:09,181 --> 01:21:11,300 he will go to jail, or worse. 674 01:21:16,019 --> 01:21:18,338 Do you like Sparta? -Yes. 675 01:21:19,732 --> 01:21:21,771 And your king? -I will. 676 01:21:27,841 --> 01:21:30,834 Your husband is fighting for his country and his loved one. 677 01:21:32,201 --> 01:21:33,547 What do you have to offer… 678 01:21:35,306 --> 01:21:38,012 in exchange for my vote for reinforcements? 679 01:21:42,430 --> 01:21:44,683 What does a realist want from his queen? 680 01:21:49,489 --> 01:21:50,922 I think you know. 681 01:22:05,634 --> 01:22:07,460 This won't be over anytime soon. 682 01:22:09,428 --> 01:22:12,180 You won't enjoy it. 683 01:22:12,413 --> 01:22:13,787 I am not your king. 684 01:22:39,409 --> 01:22:40,295 Dilios? 685 01:22:43,213 --> 01:22:47,006 I trust that scratch hasn't made you useless? 686 01:22:47,508 --> 01:22:49,834 Hardly, sir. It's just one eye. 687 01:22:50,730 --> 01:22:53,629 The gods saw fit one in reserve. 688 01:22:55,825 --> 01:22:56,698 My captain? 689 01:22:58,938 --> 01:23:01,619 He curses the gods and mourns alone. 690 01:23:04,718 --> 01:23:05,584 Leonidas. 691 01:23:07,911 --> 01:23:10,984 We are ruined. Ruined, I tell you. Destroyed. 692 01:23:11,069 --> 01:23:12,557 Daxos, control yourself. 693 01:23:12,642 --> 01:23:16,701 Our hunchbacked traitor has the immortals shown the goat path. 694 01:23:16,761 --> 01:23:19,655 The Phocians became dispersed without a fight. 695 01:23:19,705 --> 01:23:21,359 This battle is over. 696 01:23:21,444 --> 01:23:24,946 This battle is over when I say it's over. 697 01:23:25,031 --> 01:23:28,531 By morning we are surrounded. The Hot Gates will fall. 698 01:23:30,126 --> 01:23:34,157 Spartans. Prepare for glory. 699 01:23:34,679 --> 01:23:37,039 Glory? Have you gone crazy? 700 01:23:38,094 --> 01:23:39,927 There is no glory to be had. 701 01:23:40,167 --> 01:23:43,627 Only withdrawal or surrender. Or death. 702 01:23:43,842 --> 01:23:46,995 That's an easy choice for us, Arcadian. 703 01:23:47,295 --> 01:23:51,635 Spartans never retreat. Spartans never surrender. 704 01:23:53,306 --> 01:23:54,566 Spread the word. 705 01:23:55,730 --> 01:23:58,950 Let every Greek know, what happened here. 706 01:23:59,587 --> 01:24:02,314 Let them search for their own soul. 707 01:24:04,126 --> 01:24:07,466 And while you're at it, find yours. 708 01:24:15,831 --> 01:24:18,167 My men are leaving with me. 709 01:24:23,448 --> 01:24:24,571 Good luck, Leonidas. 710 01:24:31,942 --> 01:24:32,882 Children. 711 01:24:34,520 --> 01:24:35,566 Children. 712 01:24:36,909 --> 01:24:37,902 Collect. 713 01:24:40,712 --> 01:24:43,580 No retreat, no surrender. 714 01:24:44,199 --> 01:24:46,759 That's Spartan law. 715 01:24:48,274 --> 01:24:52,587 And according to Spartan law, we will stand and fight... 716 01:24:53,446 --> 01:24:54,361 and die. 717 01:24:59,016 --> 01:25:01,219 A new era has begun. 718 01:25:04,249 --> 01:25:06,316 An era of freedom. 719 01:25:08,431 --> 01:25:12,038 And everyone will know that 300 Spartans… 720 01:25:12,160 --> 01:25:15,446 gave their last breath to defend it. 721 01:25:35,862 --> 01:25:36,775 My friend. 722 01:25:41,090 --> 01:25:45,568 I've lived my whole life without regrets, until now. 723 01:25:50,096 --> 01:25:54,782 Not because of my son gave his life for his country. 724 01:25:57,602 --> 01:26:01,317 I just never told him that I loved him most. 725 01:26:03,396 --> 01:26:05,162 That he fought honorably beside me. 726 01:26:07,681 --> 01:26:09,654 That he was already the best thing about me. 727 01:26:19,763 --> 01:26:22,129 My heart is broken by your loss. 728 01:26:22,983 --> 01:26:23,836 Heart? 729 01:26:29,884 --> 01:26:31,791 I have filled my heart... 730 01:26:33,126 --> 01:26:34,146 with hatred. 731 01:26:38,599 --> 01:26:39,449 Good. 732 01:26:49,748 --> 01:26:50,615 Dilios. 733 01:26:53,246 --> 01:26:54,255 Come along for a moment. 734 01:26:56,836 --> 01:26:57,739 Yes, sir. 735 01:27:01,329 --> 01:27:04,042 But, Sire, I am fit. Ready for battle. 736 01:27:04,129 --> 01:27:06,075 That's right, one of the best. 737 01:27:07,676 --> 01:27:10,509 But you still have a talent like no one else. 738 01:27:13,936 --> 01:27:18,823 You deliver my final orders to the council, with strength and verve. 739 01:27:22,505 --> 01:27:23,803 Tell them our story. 740 01:27:25,032 --> 01:27:28,549 Let every Greek know what happened here. 741 01:27:30,306 --> 01:27:33,025 You will have a great story have to tell. 742 01:27:34,667 --> 01:27:36,327 A story of victory. 743 01:27:37,097 --> 01:27:38,090 Victory. 744 01:27:42,687 --> 01:27:43,537 Yes, my lord. 745 01:27:50,410 --> 01:27:52,450 Sire, another message...? 746 01:27:55,650 --> 01:27:56,663 For the queen? 747 01:28:19,412 --> 01:28:20,805 None in words. 748 01:28:37,051 --> 01:28:38,332 Hundreds leave. 749 01:28:40,050 --> 01:28:41,363 A handful remains. 750 01:28:47,694 --> 01:28:49,519 But one person looks back. 751 01:29:00,537 --> 01:29:01,678 Spartans. 752 01:29:03,863 --> 01:29:06,022 Make your breakfast and eat well… 753 01:29:07,238 --> 01:29:10,730 for tonight we dine in hell. 754 01:29:20,032 --> 01:29:25,822 I give the floor to Leonidas' wife and the queen of Sparta. 755 01:29:39,030 --> 01:29:40,845 What is this? -This is nothing. 756 01:29:40,930 --> 01:29:41,796 Council members… 757 01:29:43,007 --> 01:29:45,400 I don't stand here alone as your queen. 758 01:29:47,485 --> 01:29:49,182 I am also here as a mother. 759 01:29:51,544 --> 01:29:53,203 I'm here as a wife. 760 01:29:55,820 --> 01:29:58,006 I'm here as a Spartan woman. 761 01:30:03,359 --> 01:30:05,269 I stand here in all humility. 762 01:30:09,848 --> 01:30:11,838 I don't speak for Leonidas. 763 01:30:12,166 --> 01:30:14,705 His actions speak louder than my words. 764 01:30:15,544 --> 01:30:18,027 I speak for the voices that one cannot hear. 765 01:30:18,077 --> 01:30:20,350 Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons. 766 01:30:20,799 --> 01:30:23,745 Three hundred families who bleed for our rights… 767 01:30:24,157 --> 01:30:27,052 and for the principles on which this room is built. 768 01:30:27,942 --> 01:30:29,922 We are at war, gentlemen. 769 01:30:30,506 --> 01:30:33,302 We have to send the entire army to help our king... 770 01:30:33,352 --> 01:30:36,647 in preserving not only ourselves, but our children. 771 01:30:36,932 --> 01:30:39,678 Send the army for the preservation of freedom. 772 01:30:40,154 --> 01:30:41,914 Send it for justice. 773 01:30:42,741 --> 01:30:44,482 Send it for law and order. 774 01:30:44,824 --> 01:30:46,910 Send it for reason. 775 01:30:47,232 --> 01:30:49,945 But above all, send our army for hope. 776 01:30:51,415 --> 01:30:55,180 Hope the king and his men not have died in vain. 777 01:30:55,894 --> 01:30:58,160 That their courage binds us. 778 01:30:59,735 --> 01:31:01,901 That their actions make us stronger… 779 01:31:03,803 --> 01:31:06,976 and that your choices today reflects their courage. 780 01:31:19,382 --> 01:31:20,355 Moving… 781 01:31:21,721 --> 01:31:24,155 eloquent, passionate. 782 01:31:24,991 --> 01:31:28,903 But the fact remains that your husband has plunged us into war. 783 01:31:28,954 --> 01:31:30,020 You are wrong. 784 01:31:30,589 --> 01:31:34,262 Xerxes started it and before that, his father Darius at Marathon. 785 01:31:34,794 --> 01:31:40,040 The Persians will not stop, until our country is chaos and rubble. 786 01:31:40,334 --> 01:31:43,394 This room doesn't need a history lesson, my queen. 787 01:31:44,494 --> 01:31:46,420 Which lesson? 788 01:31:46,874 --> 01:31:48,567 Shall I list them all? 789 01:31:49,494 --> 01:31:52,554 Honor. Duty. Glory. 790 01:31:53,091 --> 01:31:57,640 You speak of honor, duty and glory? 791 01:31:59,355 --> 01:32:00,722 But what about adultery? 792 01:32:00,772 --> 01:32:03,088 How dare you? -How dare I? 793 01:32:03,765 --> 01:32:05,838 Take a good look at her. 794 01:32:06,901 --> 01:32:09,485 A deceiver in true form. 795 01:32:09,923 --> 01:32:13,335 Play the members not from this sacred chamber, my queen. 796 01:32:13,385 --> 01:32:15,858 A few hours ago, you offered yourself. 797 01:32:16,629 --> 01:32:21,062 Were I a weaker man, I would still have her scent on me. 798 01:32:21,113 --> 01:32:23,906 This is a shame. -The hypocrite speaks. 799 01:32:24,462 --> 01:32:27,335 Did you not receive a similar payment, that you accepted… 800 01:32:27,558 --> 01:32:30,939 in exchange for an audience with these noble men? 801 01:32:31,012 --> 01:32:32,508 That's a lie. -Oh yes? 802 01:32:32,885 --> 01:32:36,831 Wasn't he invited by you? in the king's bedroom? 803 01:32:37,223 --> 01:32:41,682 The bed where you are with me negotiated so fiercely? 804 01:32:44,541 --> 01:32:45,561 You seem shocked. 805 01:32:46,194 --> 01:32:50,907 She offers her body, while her husband is at war. 806 01:32:54,521 --> 01:32:55,933 He speaks the truth. 807 01:32:56,074 --> 01:33:01,460 Even words fail the most cunning tongue short, whore queen. 808 01:33:06,339 --> 01:33:08,088 What royal behavior. 809 01:33:09,839 --> 01:33:12,665 Remove her before she infects us further... 810 01:33:13,045 --> 01:33:15,912 with her inglorious and poor character. 811 01:33:23,072 --> 01:33:24,912 This won't be over anytime soon. 812 01:33:25,824 --> 01:33:27,517 You won't enjoy it. 813 01:33:28,330 --> 01:33:29,757 I'm not your queen. 814 01:33:51,631 --> 01:33:52,524 Traitor. 815 01:34:38,499 --> 01:34:43,566 Leonidas, my compliments and congratulations. 816 01:34:44,585 --> 01:34:47,778 You turned a disaster into a victory. 817 01:34:48,465 --> 01:34:50,992 Despite your insufferable arrogance… 818 01:34:51,638 --> 01:34:55,791 the god-king admires for Spartan courage and fighting skills. 819 01:34:56,588 --> 01:34:57,935 You will become a powerful ally. 820 01:34:57,985 --> 01:34:59,321 Surrender, Leonidas. 821 01:35:00,885 --> 01:35:03,878 Use your mind. Think of your men. 822 01:35:06,725 --> 01:35:07,872 I beg you. 823 01:35:08,891 --> 01:35:10,498 Listen to your compatriot. 824 01:35:11,020 --> 01:35:14,280 He can testify to that the generosity of the divine. 825 01:35:14,936 --> 01:35:19,436 Despite your multiple insults, despite your horrible blasphemies… 826 01:35:20,276 --> 01:35:23,289 is the Lord of Hosts willing to forgive everything... 827 01:35:23,722 --> 01:35:26,348 and more, to reward you for your services. 828 01:35:27,079 --> 01:35:28,338 You fight for your country? 829 01:35:29,094 --> 01:35:29,952 Keep them. 830 01:35:31,526 --> 01:35:32,920 You fight for Sparta. 831 01:35:33,669 --> 01:35:36,642 She will be richer and more powerful than ever before. 832 01:35:37,929 --> 01:35:39,709 Are you fighting for your kingship? 833 01:35:40,818 --> 01:35:43,358 You will become warlord of all Greece… 834 01:35:43,901 --> 01:35:47,721 only with accountability to the one true master of the world. 835 01:35:48,509 --> 01:35:52,706 Leonidas, your victory will be complete… 836 01:35:53,486 --> 01:35:55,329 only if you lay down your weapons... 837 01:35:56,166 --> 01:35:58,392 and kneels before Saint Xerxes. 838 01:36:29,934 --> 01:36:33,900 The wolf and the winter cold are more than thirty years ago. 839 01:36:34,891 --> 01:36:38,944 And now, as then, isn't it fear that seizes him… 840 01:36:39,775 --> 01:36:43,688 only restlessness. Heightened senses 841 01:36:45,722 --> 01:36:49,729 The sea breeze kisses coolly the sweat on his chest and neck. 842 01:36:50,583 --> 01:36:51,949 Seagulls squawking… 843 01:36:52,293 --> 01:36:55,673 complain even while they feast of the thousands of deaths. 844 01:36:58,069 --> 01:37:01,902 The calm breathing of the 300 behind him… 845 01:37:03,992 --> 01:37:07,598 ready to die for him without any hesitation. 846 01:37:10,133 --> 01:37:11,492 Every one of them… 847 01:37:12,919 --> 01:37:14,619 ready to die. 848 01:37:30,337 --> 01:37:32,237 His helmet is suffocating. 849 01:37:54,021 --> 01:37:55,835 His shield is heavy. 850 01:38:04,381 --> 01:38:05,298 Your spear. 851 01:38:14,566 --> 01:38:15,416 You there… 852 01:38:16,487 --> 01:38:17,387 Ephialtes. 853 01:38:23,557 --> 01:38:25,090 May you live forever. 854 01:38:33,198 --> 01:38:35,218 Leonidas, your spear. 855 01:39:42,763 --> 01:39:44,492 Stelios. 856 01:39:54,272 --> 01:39:55,759 Slaughter them. 857 01:39:59,297 --> 01:40:00,830 His helmet was suffocating. 858 01:40:01,009 --> 01:40:04,582 It limited his vision, and he must be able to see far. 859 01:40:05,562 --> 01:40:08,642 His shield was heavy. It threw him off balance… 860 01:40:09,600 --> 01:40:12,114 and his goal is far away. 861 01:41:17,749 --> 01:41:21,529 The elders say that we are Spartans descended from Hercules himself 862 01:41:23,903 --> 01:41:27,157 Courageous Leonidas proves our bloodline. 863 01:41:28,419 --> 01:41:31,344 His roar is long and loud. 864 01:42:02,567 --> 01:42:03,460 My king. 865 01:42:16,494 --> 01:42:19,401 It is an honor to die by your side. 866 01:42:21,637 --> 01:42:24,970 It is an honor to have lived to yours. 867 01:42:47,059 --> 01:42:48,073 My queen. 868 01:42:57,177 --> 01:42:58,077 My wife. 869 01:43:10,637 --> 01:43:11,537 My love. 870 01:45:38,844 --> 01:45:39,964 "Remember us." 871 01:45:42,577 --> 01:45:45,583 It's as simple as that be a king's command. 872 01:45:47,646 --> 01:45:49,697 "Remember why we died." 873 01:45:52,900 --> 01:45:55,833 He wanted no tribute or song of praise… 874 01:45:58,781 --> 01:46:01,928 nor monuments, nor poems of war and courage. 875 01:46:05,709 --> 01:46:06,962 His wish was simple. 876 01:46:13,477 --> 01:46:14,403 "Remember us…" 877 01:46:16,536 --> 01:46:17,483 said to me. 878 01:46:19,961 --> 01:46:21,078 That was his hope. 879 01:46:22,446 --> 01:46:25,013 Should a free soul come across that place… 880 01:46:26,850 --> 01:46:29,458 in the countless centuries that are yet to come… 881 01:46:30,648 --> 01:46:36,234 may all our votes be with you then whispering from the timeless stones. 882 01:46:38,418 --> 01:46:40,878 Tell the Spartans, passerby… 883 01:46:42,349 --> 01:46:47,063 that we, according to Spartan law, rest here 884 01:46:50,952 --> 01:46:52,818 And so my king died… 885 01:46:54,571 --> 01:46:56,211 and my brothers died… 886 01:46:59,596 --> 01:47:00,950 barely a year ago. 887 01:47:05,978 --> 01:47:10,671 I have thought about my king for a long time enigmatic victory talk. 888 01:47:11,491 --> 01:47:13,964 Time has shown how wise he was. 889 01:47:15,036 --> 01:47:17,629 Because from free Greek to free Greek… 890 01:47:18,231 --> 01:47:22,643 it was passed on that brave Leonidas and his 300… 891 01:47:23,027 --> 01:47:24,292 so far from home... 892 01:47:25,184 --> 01:47:28,270 not only gave their lives for Sparta… 893 01:47:28,793 --> 01:47:32,984 but for all of Greece and the promise of this country. 894 01:47:33,423 --> 01:47:37,779 Now, here on this rugged piece of earth, called Plataea… 895 01:47:38,692 --> 01:47:42,572 Xerxes' hordes are destroyed. 896 01:47:45,371 --> 01:47:47,891 That's where the barbarians gather... 897 01:47:48,887 --> 01:47:53,397 while pure fear takes hold of their hearts... 898 01:47:53,926 --> 01:47:55,482 with icy fingers… 899 01:47:56,106 --> 01:47:59,398 knowing full well the merciless horrors they have undergone… 900 01:47:59,448 --> 01:48:01,934 by the swords and spears of 300. 901 01:48:03,371 --> 01:48:08,777 Now they stare across the plain to 10,000 Spartans… 902 01:48:09,108 --> 01:48:11,537 who lead 30,000 free Greeks. 903 01:48:19,217 --> 01:48:22,450 The enemy is three times as many. 904 01:48:23,448 --> 01:48:25,187 Good opportunities for every Greek. 905 01:48:26,213 --> 01:48:30,487 On this day, we save the world of mysticism and tyranny… 906 01:48:30,980 --> 01:48:34,890 and we usher in a future more beautiful than we could ever imagine. 907 01:48:39,811 --> 01:48:41,097 Thanks to… 908 01:48:42,036 --> 01:48:44,942 Leonidas and the brave 300. 909 01:48:45,992 --> 01:48:47,886 To victory.