1981
Masada
TMDB 7.1
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.
Seasons & episodes
Created byJoel Oliansky
Cast
- 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
Where to watch
Streaming in United StatesNot streaming in United States right now.
