Masada
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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.
Details
- Joel Oliansky
- April 5, 1981
- Ended
- United States of America
- ABC
- 4
Where to watch
No known streaming options in United States.
Seasons
- Miniseries · episodes: 4 · 1981
Cast
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Peter O'TooleGeneral Cornelius Flavius Silva -
Peter StraussEleazar ben Yair -
Barbara CarreraSheva -
Alan FeinsteinAaron -
Giulia PaganoMiriam -
Anthony QuayleRubrius Gallus -
Paul L. SmithGideon -
David WarnerSenator Pomponius Falco -
Clive FrancisAttius, Head Tribune -
David OpatoshuShimon -
Richard PiersonEphraim
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Joseph WisemanJerahmeel, Head Essene
