π Overview:
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.
π Languages Available:
English
,
French
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β Vote Average:
7.0
Beloved Cast
General Cornelius Flavius Silva
Peter O'Toole
Eleazar ben Yair
Peter Strauss
Sheva
Barbara Carrera
Aaron
Alan Feinstein
Miriam
Giulia Pagano
Rubrius Gallus
Anthony Quayle
Gideon
Paul L. Smith
Senator Pomponius Falco
David Warner
Attius, Head Tribune
Clive Francis
Shimon
David Opatoshu
Ephraim
Richard Pierson
Jerahmeel, Head Essene
Joseph Wiseman
Reuben
David A. Block
Chief Priest
Vernon Dobtcheff
Epos
David Mauro
Zidon
Alexander Peleg
Seth
Joey Sagal
Ezra
Michael Shillo