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Masada (1981)

Apr 5, 1981 · 1 season · 4 episodes

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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.

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Series cast

  • Peter O'Toole Peter O'Toole General Cornelius Flavius Silva 4 episodes
  • Peter Strauss Peter Strauss Eleazar ben Yair 4 episodes
  • Barbara Carrera Barbara Carrera Sheva 4 episodes
  • Alan Feinstein Alan Feinstein Aaron 4 episodes
  • Giulia Pagano Giulia Pagano Miriam 4 episodes
  • Anthony Quayle Anthony Quayle Rubrius Gallus 4 episodes
  • Paul L. Smith Paul L. Smith Gideon 4 episodes
  • David Warner David Warner Senator Pomponius Falco 4 episodes
  • Clive Francis Clive Francis Attius, Head Tribune 4 episodes
  • David Opatoshu David Opatoshu Shimon 4 episodes
  • Richard Pierson Ephraim 4 episodes
  • Joseph Wiseman Joseph Wiseman Jerahmeel, Head Essene 4 episodes
  • David A. Block Reuben 4 episodes
  • Vernon Dobtcheff Vernon Dobtcheff Chief Priest 4 episodes
  • David Mauro David Mauro Epos 4 episodes
  • Alexander Peleg Zidon 4 episodes

Seasons

  • Miniseries Apr 1981 · 4 episodes

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