Masada 1981
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.
Episodes
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1S1·E1 Part INegotiations between Roman leader General Cornelius Flavius and Jewish rebel leader Elezar ben Yair leads to the inevitable standoff on Masada.2S1·E2 Part IIThe 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…3S1·E3 Part IIITables 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'…4S1·E4 Part IVThe Romans utilize their formidable weapon to reach the top of Masada, and the final battle is underway.
Cast
R
Richard Pierson
Ephraim
D
David A. Block
Reuben
A
Alexander Peleg
Zidon
M
Michael Schneider
Surgeon
D
Diana Webster
Quintilia
J
John Terry Bell
Master of Ceremonies
R
Rolf Brin
Cleaner
J
John Philips
Centurion
D
David Hooks
Kophar
Crew
- Creator
- Joel Oliansky
- Director
- Boris Sagal
- Writers
- Joel Oliansky, Ernest K. Gann
- Producers
- George Eckstein, Richard Irving
- Executive Producers
- Jennings Lang
- Cinematography
- Paul Lohmann
- Editing
- Ron Rutberg, Robert L. Kimble, Peter Kirby, Edwin F. England
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith, Morton Stevens
- Production Design
- Jack Senter
- Costume Design
- Vittorio Nino Novarese
Details
- First air date
- Apr 5, 1981
- Last air date
- Apr 8, 1981
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Episode runtime
- 120 min
- Network
- ABC
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- Arnon Milchan Productions, Universal Television
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English, French
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