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Masada (1981)

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.

Cast

  • Peter O'Toole

    General Cornelius Flavius Silva

    Peter O'Toole

  • Peter Strauss

    Eleazar ben Yair

    Peter Strauss

  • Barbara Carrera

    Sheva

    Barbara Carrera

  • Alan Feinstein

    Aaron

    Alan Feinstein

  • Giulia Pagano

    Miriam

    Giulia Pagano

  • Anthony Quayle

    Rubrius Gallus

    Anthony Quayle

  • Paul L. Smith

    Gideon

    Paul L. Smith

  • David Warner

    Senator Pomponius Falco

    David Warner

  • Clive Francis

    Attius, Head Tribune

    Clive Francis

  • David Opatoshu

    Shimon

    David Opatoshu

  • Ephraim

    Richard Pierson

  • Joseph Wiseman

    Jerahmeel, Head Essene

    Joseph Wiseman

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