300 tells the story of the 300 spartans who defended their homes against the persian army The movie is a phenomenal action packed story that sticks pretty close to the actual events. King leonidas of sparta leads 300 powerful warriors into an epic and bloody battle at thermopylae against the massive invading forces of king xerxes Watch trailers & learn more. 300 (2007) is based on frank miller's graphic novel of the same name , and loosely based on the events that occured at the battle of thermopylae The film was directed by zack snyder and stars gerard butler as leonidas the revered king of sparta, lena headey as leonidas' wife queen gorgo.
At the battle of thermopylae, leonidas (gerard butler), king of the greek city state of sparta, leads his badly outnumbered warriors against the massive persian army Though certain death awaits the spartans, their sacrifice inspires all of greece to unite against their common enemy. Retelling the ancient battle of thermopylae, it depicts the titanic clash in which king leonidas (gerard butler) and 300 spartans fought to the death against xerxes (rodrigo santoro) and his massive persian army. Tells the story of how spartan king leonidas and his soldiers numbering just 300 beat king xerxes of persia, with an army of hundreds of thousands. Based on frank miller's graphic novel, 300 is very loosely based the 480 b.c Battle of thermopylae, where the king of sparta led his army against the advancing persians
