Masada

Based On the book by Ernest K. Gann

Masada is an American historical drama television miniseries that aired on ABC in April 1981. Advertised by the network as an "ABC Novel for Television," the TV series' script is based on the 1971 novel The Antagonists by Ernest Gann, with a screenplay written by Joel Oliansky. It tells a fictionalized account of the historical siege of the Masada citadel in Roman Palestine by legions of the Roman Empire in AD 73. The siege 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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Release date:

1981

Director:

Boris Sagal

Cast:

Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera, Anthony Quayle, Paul L. Smith

Genre:

Drama

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1981 in adaptations