Masada

Masada (1981)

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Masada is an American historical drama television miniseries that aired on ABC in April 1981. Advertised by the network as an 'ABC Novel for Television', the screenplay by Joel Oliansky is based on Ernest Gann's 1971 novel The Antagonists. The series is 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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