Masada
Rating: 7 · 1981 · Drama, Adventure, Action · USA · 1 sns
Description
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.
Information
- Year
- 1981
- Genre
- Drama, Adventure, Action
- Country
- USA
- Seasons
- 1
- TMDB
- 7
- IMDb
- 7
Director
Cast
- Peter O'Toole — General Cornelius Flavius Silva
- Peter Strauss — Eleazar ben Yair
- Barbara Carrera — Sheva
- Alan Feinstein — Aaron
- Giulia Pagano — Miriam
- Anthony Quayle — Rubrius Gallus
- Paul L. Smith — Gideon
- David Warner — Senator Pomponius Falco
- Clive Francis — Attius, Head Tribune
- David Opatoshu — Shimon
- Richard Pierson — Ephraim
- Joseph Wiseman — Jerahmeel, Head Essene
- David A. Block — Reuben
- Vernon Dobtcheff — Chief Priest
- David Mauro — Epos
- Alexander Peleg — Zidon
- Joey Sagal — Seth
- Michael Shillo — Ezra
- Christopher Biggins — Albinus
- Warren Clarke — Plinius