Screenplay:
Ennio De ConciniCinematography:
Mario BavaComposer:
Roberto NicolosiCast:
Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot, Sergio Fantoni, Daniela Rocca, Alberto Lupo, Daniele Vargas, Sergio-Alan Ciani-Steel, Miranda Campa, Philippe Hersent (more)Plots(1)
Greece has been overrun by the Persians. The Athenian heroes Miltiades and Philippides ally with the Spartans to free their homeland. Peplum star Steve Reeves brought in Tourneur to direct and the overall visual impression still belongs to one of his classic action films. (Locarno Festival)
Cast
![Steve Reeves](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/118/162118770_dad0ff.jpg)
Steve Reeves
USA
Best movies:
The Slave (1962)
The Shortest Day (1963)
Morgan the Pirate (1960)
![Mylène Demongeot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273034_436066.jpg)
Mylène Demongeot
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
If You Die, I'll Kill You (2011)
Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
![Sergio Fantoni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/354/158354617_8fa5a5.jpg)
Sergio Fantoni
Italy
Best movies:
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Sacco and Vanzetti (1971)
![Daniela Rocca](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/400/400510_bbc57c.jpg)
Daniela Rocca
Italy
Best movies:
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
The Sucker (1965)
Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
![Alberto Lupo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/855/159855448_c0b291.jpg)
Alberto Lupo
Italy
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
The Shortest Day (1963)
Il sicario (1960)
![Daniele Vargas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/471/471091_0ca1c6.jpg)
Daniele Vargas
Italy
Best movies:
The Monsters (1963)
Le Coucou (1980)
A Difficult Life (1961)
![Sergio-Alan Ciani-Steel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494666_e06c64.jpg)
Sergio-Alan Ciani-Steel
Italy
Best movies:
Zorro contro Maciste (1963)
Samson and the Seven Challenges (1964)
Giant of Marathon (1959)
Miranda Campa
Switzerland
Best movies:
Una breve vacanza (1973)
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
Family Diary (1962)
Philippe Hersent
France
Best movies:
Conversation Piece (1974)
The Innocent (1976)
Behold the Man (1935)
Ignazio Balsamo
Italy
Best movies:
In the Name of the Law (1949)
The Sweet Life (1960)
Don Camillo monsignore ma non troppo (1961)
Richard Francoeur
France
Best movies:
Back to the Wall (1958)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Light-Fingered George (1963)
![Ivo Garrani](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/105/164105002_105924.jpg)
Ivo Garrani
Italy
Best movies:
Waterloo (1970)
General Della Rovere (1959)
Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
Paule Emanuele (narrator)
France
Best movies:
The Soft Skin (1964)
Asterix and the Big Fight (1989) - narrator
Dear Caroline (1951)
Jean-Claude Michel
France
Best movies:
Razzia (1955)
The Day and the Hour (1963)
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1961)
Gérard Herter
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great War (1959)
The Big Gundown (1967)
Fräulein Doktor (1969)
![Carlo Lombardi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448461_972b97.jpg)
Carlo Lombardi
Italy
Best movies:
Giant of Marathon (1959)
Walter Grant
Italy
Best movies:
Purple Noon (1960)
Giant of Marathon (1959)
![Roger Tréville](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494704_11def1.jpg)
Roger Tréville
France
Best movies:
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Le Joueur (1958)
![Fortunato Arena](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634652_f7c245.jpg)
Fortunato Arena
Italy
Best movies:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Man of the East (1972)
Rinaldo Zamperla
Best movies:
Joko invoca Dio... e muori (1968)
Amigo, Stay Away (1972)
La morte in Jaguar rossa (1968)