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Masada

Masada

Masada

1981 1 Seasons 4 Episodes ⭐ 7.0 Drama Action & Adventure

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Part I

Negotiations between Roman leader General Cornelius Flavius and Jewish rebel leader Elezar ben Yair leads to the inevita

EP 2

Part II

The Jewish rebels, safe and watered atop their mountain stronghold of Masada, goad the sun-tortured Roman army below. Me

EP 3

Part III

Tables turn for the Romans, constructing the weapon to reach Masada and, now led by brutal Roman upstart Falco, who had

EP 4

Part IV

The Romans utilize their formidable weapon to reach the top of Masada, and the final battle is underway.

Popular 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

Clive Francis

Clive Francis

Attius, Head Tribune

David Opatoshu

David Opatoshu

Shimon

Joseph Wiseman

Joseph Wiseman

Jerahmeel, Head Essene