

Status
Ended
Release
1981 - 1981
Seasons / Eps
1 / 4
Storyline
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.
Score Distribution
Details
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Runtime
- Not available
- Avg. Episode Runtime
- 2h
- Release Date
- Apr 5, 1981
- Last Air Date
- Apr 8, 1981
- Languages
- EnglishFrench
- Created By
- Director
- Production Countries
- United States of America
Top Cast
45 Cast Members

Peter O'Toole
General Cornelius Flavius Silva
4 Episodes

Peter Strauss
Eleazar ben Yair
4 Episodes

Barbara Carrera
Sheva
4 Episodes

Alan Feinstein
Aaron
4 Episodes

Giulia Pagano
Miriam
4 Episodes

Anthony Quayle
Rubrius Gallus
4 Episodes

Paul L. Smith
Gideon
4 Episodes

David Warner
Senator Pomponius Falco
4 Episodes

Clive Francis
Attius, Head Tribune
4 Episodes

David Opatoshu
Shimon
4 Episodes
Richard Pierson
Ephraim
4 Episodes

Joseph Wiseman
Jerahmeel, Head Essene
4 Episodes
David A. Block
Reuben
4 Episodes

Vernon Dobtcheff
Chief Priest
4 Episodes

David Mauro
Epos
4 Episodes
Alexander Peleg
Zidon
4 Episodes

Joey Sagal
Seth
4 Episodes

Michael Shillo
Ezra
4 Episodes

Christopher Biggins
Albinus
3 Episodes

Warren Clarke
Plinius
3 Episodes






