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Coordinates: 37°4′55″N 22°25′25″E / 37.08194°N 22.42361°E / 37.08194; 22.42361
Sparta (Doric Σπάρτα; Attic Σπάρτη Spartē), or Lacedaemon, was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the banks of the River Eurotas in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. It emerged as a political entity around the 10th century BC, when the invading Dorians subjugated the local, non-Dorian population. From c. 650 BC it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece.
Given its military pre-eminence, Sparta was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars. Between 431 and 404 BC, Sparta was the principal enemy of Athens during the Peloponnesian War, from which it emerged victorious, though at great cost. Sparta's defeat by Thebes in the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC ended Sparta's prominent role in Greece. However, it maintained its political independence until the Roman conquest of Greece in 146 BC.
Sparta was unique in ancient Greece for its social system and constitution, which completely focused on military training and excellence. Its inhabitants were classified as Spartiates (Spartan citizens, who enjoyed full rights), Mothakes (non-Spartan free men raised as Spartans), Perioikoi (freedmen), and Helots (state-owned serfs, enslaved non-Spartan local population). Spartiates underwent the rigorous agoge training and education regimen, and Spartan phalanges were widely considered to be among the best in battle. Spartan women enjoyed considerably more rights and equality to men than elsewhere in the classical world.
Actors: Carlton Winston (editor), Carlton Winston (actor), Carlton Winston (producer), Carlton Winston (writer), Carlton Winston (director), Austin W.M. Johnston (actor), Mary Tierney (actor), Mathew Charlie James Tierney (actor), Steve Dienstel (actor),
Plot: This is a sequel, Forest People live in the beautiful forest, with mountains and rivers. They protect us from dangerous things. They only let us see them, when they want us to. Artisan now has a family and his son Sparta is missing. The family is looking for the lost child Sparta in woods, caves and on rivers trying to find him.
Genres: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: John Achorn (actor), Danny Nucci (actor), Nan Garcia-Wood (miscellaneous crew), Robert Shaye (director), Jack McGee (actor), Pablo Ferro (miscellaneous crew), Michael McKean (actor), Lin Shaye (actress), Stanley Clarke (composer), Lewis Arquette (actor), John Cameron Mitchell (actor), Clayton Landey (actor), Mary Jasionowski (miscellaneous crew), Rachel Talalay (producer), Keith Coogan (actor),
Plot: A friend delivers John Twiller greetings from a long gone high school girlfriend. This makes him open his school's yearbook - his "Book of Love" - and remember the old times, way back in 1956, when he was in his last year of high school and his family just moved to the town. He hung out with geeky Paul Kayne and tried to get the attention of Lily, who unfortunately was together with bully Angelo.
Keywords: 1950s, americana, automobile, based-on-novel, buddy, bully, bullying, coming-of-age, dance, drinkingActors: Heidi Genée (editor), Lou Castel (actor), Marquard Bohm (actor), Jürgen Knieper (composer), Otto Stern (actor), Michael Fengler (director), Michael Fengler (writer), Hildegard Wensch (actress), Dietrich Kerky (actor), Volker Vogeler (writer), Volker Vogeler (producer), Gustl Datz (actor), Thomas Schamoni (producer), Claus Eberth (actor), Veronika Faber (actress),
Genres: Crime,Actors: Piero Piccioni (composer), Riccardo Garrone (actor), Sergio Tofano (actor), Mario Monicelli (writer), Ruggero Mastroianni (editor), Mario Monicelli (director), Franco Cristaldi (producer), Ray Lovelock (actor), Giuseppe Marrocco (actor), Claudio Trionfi (actor), Luigi Bonos (actor), Valentina Cortese (actress), Peter Chatel (actor), Luciano Foti (actor), Gastone Pescucci (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Crime,Actors: Mai Zetterling (director), Mai Zetterling (writer), Gunnel Lindblom (actress), Manne Grünberger (actor), Gunnar Björnstrand (actor), Bellan Roos (actress), Margreth Weivers (actress), Bertil Norström (actor), Erland Josephson (actor), Henrik Schildt (actor), Ingvar Kjellson (actor), Bibi Andersson (actress), Harriet Andersson (actress), Marianne Johnson (miscellaneous crew), Wic Kjellin (editor),
Plot: Three actresses prepare to go on the road in a theater production of Lysistrata, Aristophanes' classic comic play about women and war. As they re-assess and deal with the problems in their respective private lives, they recognize the parallels with the play and begin to realize that it is serious - even tragic - after all.
Keywords: actress, anti-war, based-on-play, divorce, fantasy-sequence, female-nudity, flashback, husband-wife-relationship, lysistrata, marriage