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.
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
Stars: Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera, Alan Feinstein, Giulia Pagano, Anthony Quayle
Crew: George Eckstein, Boris Sagal, Morton Stevens, Robert L. Kimble, Edwin F. England, Jerry Goldsmith
Country: US
Studio: ABC
Runtime: 120:14 minutes
Quality: HD
First air date: Apr 05, 1981
Last air date: Apr 08, 1981
Episode: 4 Episode
Season: 1 Season
IMDb: 3.9
