Masada

1981 - 1981

Part I

Episode 1

Negotiations between Roman leader General Cornelius Flavius and Jewish rebel leader Elezar ben Yair leads to the inevitable standoff on Masada.

Part II

Episode 2

The Jewish rebels, safe and watered atop their mountain stronghold of Masada, goad the sun-tortured Roman army below. Meanwhile, two angry Centurions plan a revolt against their haggard leader.

Part III

Episode 3

Tables turn for the Romans, constructing the weapon to reach Masada and, now led by brutal Roman upstart Falco, who had usurped power from Flavias, the Jewish rebels' wits are tested.

Part IV

Episode 4

The Romans utilize their formidable weapon to reach the top of Masada, and the final battle is underway.

Top Cast

Peter O'Toole•Peter Strauss•Barbara Carrera

Director

Boris Sagal

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.

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Peter O'Toole Image

Peter O'Toole

General Cornelius Flavius Silva

Peter Strauss Image

Peter Strauss

Eleazar ben Yair

Barbara Carrera Image

Barbara Carrera

Sheva

Alan Feinstein Image

Alan Feinstein

Aaron

Giulia Pagano Image

Giulia Pagano

Miriam

Anthony Quayle Image

Anthony Quayle

Rubrius Gallus

Paul L. Smith Image

Paul L. Smith

Gideon

David Warner Image

David Warner

Senator Pomponius Falco

Clive Francis Image

Clive Francis

Attius, Head Tribune

David Opatoshu Image

David Opatoshu

Shimon

Richard Pierson

Ephraim

Joseph Wiseman Image

Joseph Wiseman

Jerahmeel, Head Essene

David A. Block

Reuben

Vernon Dobtcheff Image

Vernon Dobtcheff

Chief Priest

David Mauro Image

David Mauro

Epos

Alexander Peleg

Zidon

Joey Sagal Image

Joey Sagal

Seth

Michael Shillo Image

Michael Shillo

Ezra