Masada (1981)
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.
Seasons
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Miniseries4 episodes
Cast and crew
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Peter O'Toole
General Cornelius Flavius Silva
4 episodes
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Peter Strauss
Eleazar ben Yair
4 episodes
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Barbara Carrera
Sheva
4 episodes
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Alan Feinstein
Aaron
4 episodes
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Giulia Pagano
Miriam
4 episodes
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Anthony Quayle
Rubrius Gallus
4 episodes
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Paul L. Smith
Gideon
4 episodes
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David Warner
Senator Pomponius Falco
4 episodes
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Clive Francis
Attius, Head Tribune
4 episodes
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David Opatoshu
Shimon
4 episodes
- Richard Pierson Ephraim 4 episodes
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Joseph Wiseman
Jerahmeel, Head Essene
4 episodes
- Full cast
- Directing
- Boris Sagal
- Writing
- Joel Oliansky (Writing, Teleplay), Ernest K. Gann (Novel)
- Music
- Jerry Goldsmith, Morton Stevens
- Cinematography
- Paul Lohmann
- Editing
- Peter Kirby, Robert L. Kimble, Ron Rutberg and 1 more
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Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- April 5, 1981
- Episode runtime
- 120 minutes
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United States of America
- Networks
- ABC
