A week after I had finished my dissertation on the life of Themistocles this film was shown on the TV and my hero was being played by Ralph Richardson.
It is an impressive, stirring film based on the themes and events found in Herodotus. The scale of the film is its best feature, some of the acting (and the accents) grate a little but the story shines through.
It is an impressive, stirring film based on the themes and events found in Herodotus. The scale of the film is its best feature, some of the acting (and the accents) grate a little but the story shines through.
