Masada

Masada

1981
2h 0m
7.1

7.1/10

68 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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.

Status: Ended

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Arnon Milchan Productions Universal Television
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English French

Quick Facts

Release Date April 5, 1981
Status Ended
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0081900

Cast

Peter O'Toole
Peter O'Toole

General Cornelius Flavius Silva

Peter Strauss
Peter Strauss

Eleazar ben Yair

Barbara Carrera
Barbara Carrera

Sheva

Alan Feinstein
Alan Feinstein

Aaron

Giulia Pagano
Giulia Pagano

Miriam

Anthony Quayle
Anthony Quayle

Rubrius Gallus

Paul L. Smith
Paul L. Smith

Gideon

David Warner
David Warner

Senator Pomponius Falco

Clive Francis
Clive Francis

Attius, Head Tribune

David Opatoshu
David Opatoshu

Shimon

Richard Pierson
Richard Pierson

Ephraim

Joseph Wiseman
Joseph Wiseman

Jerahmeel, Head Essene

Key Crew

George Eckstein
Producer
Boris Sagal
Director
Jennings Lang
Executive Producer
Richard Irving
Producer