The Giant of Marathon

The battle of Marathon is a film directed by Bruno Vailati in 1959 filming were completed by Mario Bava In French and English credits the direction is attributed to Jacques Tourneur.
In the year 490 BC, Pheidippides was proclaimed winner of the Olympic games and brings the Olympic laurels in Athens.

There all the city welcomes a hero, including Creuso, which he plans to give his daughter married Andromeda in Theocritus. Pheidippides met Andromeda while playing with the maids and come together for the same night. But Theocritus, who is plotting against Athens in truth, convinces Karis to conquer Pheidippides.
But she can not. Meanwhile, the Persians are at the gates, and Theocritus proposes to deal with Dario while Miltiades would groped to seek help in Sparta. Pheidippides is chosen to bring the embassy to Sparta; while traveling was attacked by men of Theocritus, but manages to escape and arrived in Sparta, it proposes the question. Athens has already started the battle, and just when the situation seemed worse, Pheidippides returns and says that the Spartans are with them and that they must hold on a little '. Karis is hurt because she was suspected as a spy, but Pheidippides finds her and tells her everything, saying that Theocritus is a traitor and that the Persians will attack from the sea.

 

 

 

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