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Masada (1981)

Ended ★ 7.0/10 1 Season 4 Episodes 2h 0m Drama, Action & Adventure
Created By: Joel Oliansky
Executive Producers: Jennings Lang
Network: ABC

Description

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.

Top 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
KEYWORDS: israel based on novel or book miniseries ancient history 1st century

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