Masada

Masada (1981)

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Masada is a 1981 American historical drama television miniseries aired on ABC under the tentpole ABC Novel for Television. The screenplay by Joel Oliansky is based on Ernest Gann's 1971 novel The Antagonists. A dramatization of the historical siege of the Masada citadel in Roman Palestine by legions of the Roman Empire in AD 73. A siege that ended when the Roman armies entered the fortress, only to discover the mass suicide by the Jewish defenders when defeat became imminent.

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  • First Air Date: 1981-04-05
  • Last Air Date: 1981-04-08
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 4
  • Episode Runtime: 120 min.
  • Network: ABC
  • Director: Boris Sagal
  • Creator: Joel Oliansky

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Seasons

  • Season 1

    4 Episodes

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Cast

  • Peter O'Toole

    General Cornelius Flavius Silva

  • Peter Strauss

    Eleazar ben Yair

  • Barbara Carrera

    Sheva

  • Alan Feinstein

    Aaron

  • Giulia Pagano

    Miriam

  • Anthony Quayle

    Rubrius Gallus

  • Paul L. Smith

    Gideon

  • David Warner

    Senator Pomponius Falco

  • Clive Francis

    Attius, Head Tribune

  • David Opatoshu

    Shimon

  • Richard Pierson

    Ephraim

  • Joseph Wiseman

    Jerahmeel, Head Essene

  • David A. Block

    Reuben

  • Vernon Dobtcheff

    Chief Priest

  • David Mauro

    Epos

  • Alexander Peleg

    Zidon

  • Joey Sagal

    Seth

  • Michael Shillo

    Ezra

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