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Masada

1981 1 seasons · 4 eps English

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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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

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Joel Oliansky

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1 season · 4 episodes total · ~4 per season.

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RUNTIME

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Short-form: under 10 episodes, so binge-completable in a weekend.

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RUNTIME

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Roughly 8 hours end-to-end — 1 full workdays of television.

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ERA

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Premiered 1981 and has since ended.

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TMDB status: "Ended".

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CINEMA

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Show type: Miniseries.

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CAST

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Created by Joel Oliansky.

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CAST

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18 series regulars — a large ensemble that can carry branching arcs.

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The technical file

Seasons: 1
Total episodes: 4
Avg episode length: 120 min
Premiered: 1981-04-05
Last aired: 1981-04-08
Languages: English, French
Countries: United States of America

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