Masada
Masada is an American historical drama television miniseries that aired on ABC in April 1981. Advertised by the network as an 'ABC Novel for Television', the screenplay by Joel Oliansky is based on Ernest Gann's 1971 novel The Antagonists.
The series is 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.
Year: 1981
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
Country: United States of America
Studio: ABC
Director: Joel Oliansky
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera, Alan Feinstein, Giulia Pagano, Anthony Quayle
Crew: George Eckstein (Producer), Boris Sagal (Director), Jennings Lang (Executive Producer), Ron Rutberg (Editor), Jerry Goldsmith (Original Music Composer), Robert L. Kimble (Editor)
First Air Date: Apr 05, 1981
Last Air date: Apr 08, 1981
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 4 Episode
Runtime: 120 minutes
IMDb: 7.03/10 by 56.00 users
Popularity: 2.6657
Language: English, French
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