Masada

1981· 13· Action-adventure· Drama

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.

1981-04-05

Episodes

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Cast & Characters

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Key Crew

DirectorBoris Sagal

ProducerGeorge Eckstein

Director of PhotographyPaul Lohmann

Original Music ComposerJerry Goldsmith

EditorEdwin F. England

Full cast & crew (18 cast · 22 crew)

Details

First aired1981-04-05

StatusEnded

StudiosArnon Milchan Productions · Universal Television

LanguagesEnglish · French

CountriesUnited States of America

Rating7.0/10 · 62 votes

Original languageen

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