Masada
1981/04/05 - 1981/04/08 • Ended • 1 Seasons • English, French
Overview
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.
Creator(s) : Joel Oliansky
Casts
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
Joseph Wiseman
Jerahmeel, Head Essene
Vernon Dobtcheff
Chief Priest
David Mauro
Epos
Joey Sagal
Seth
Michael Shillo
Ezra
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