Starring
Peter O'ToolePeter StraussBarbara CarreraAlan FeinsteinGiulia PaganoAnthony Quayle
Ratings per Episode
Votes per Episode
Masada Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
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About
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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Miniseries1981
7.622946h 23m
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.
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Part I | 7.8 | 69 | 95 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Part II | 7.6 | 56 | 96 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Part III | 7.5 | 53 | 95 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Part IV | 7.5 | 51 | 97 min |
Full Cast & Crew
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, Falco
Clive Francis Attius, Head Tribune
David Opatoshu Shimon
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