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TV series

Masada

1981 · 1 season · 4 episodes

Created by Joel Oliansky

7.1

TMDB audience score
67 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

About 8h to watch every episode. An estimate: 4 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 120 minutes.

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Main cast

  • Peter O'Toole
    General Cornelius Flavius Silva
    4 episodes

  • Peter Strauss
    Eleazar ben Yair
    4 episodes

  • Barbara Carrera
    Sheva
    4 episodes

  • Alan Feinstein
    Aaron
    4 episodes

  • Giulia Pagano
    Miriam
    4 episodes

  • Anthony Quayle
    Rubrius Gallus
    4 episodes

  • Paul L. Smith
    Gideon
    4 episodes

  • David Warner
    Senator Pomponius Falco
    4 episodes

  • Clive Francis
    Attius, Head Tribune
    4 episodes

  • David Opatoshu
    Shimon
    4 episodes

  • Richard Pierson
    Ephraim
    4 episodes

  • Joseph Wiseman
    Jerahmeel, Head Essene
    4 episodes

  • David A. Block
    Reuben
    4 episodes

  • Vernon Dobtcheff
    Chief Priest
    4 episodes

  • David Mauro
    Epos
    4 episodes

  • Alexander Peleg
    Zidon
    4 episodes

  • Joey Sagal
    Seth
    4 episodes

  • Michael Shillo
    Ezra
    4 episodes

Seasons