Masada

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Masada (1981)

13 Drama, Action & Adventure

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Overview

A Roman general leads the epic 1st-century siege of Masada, the mountain fortress where more than 900 Jews made a heroic stand against 5,000 Roman soldiers.

Series Cast

Peter O'Toole

Gen. Cornelius Flavius Silva

4 Episodes
Peter Strauss

Eleazar Ben Yair

4 Episodes
Barbara Carrera

Sheva

4 Episodes
Nigel Davenport

Mucianus

4 Episodes
Alan Feinstein

Aaron

4 Episodes
Giulia Pagano

Miriam

4 Episodes
Anthony Quayle

Rubrius Gallus

4 Episodes
Denis Quilley

Marcus Quadratus

4 Episodes
Paul L. Smith

Gideon

4 Episodes
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Last Season

Miniseries

1981 • 4 Episodes

Season 1 of Masada premiered on April 5, 1981.

Part IV

(1x4, April 8, 1981) Season Finale

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I remember watching this mini-series on the BBC and throughly enjoying every minute (I was 14!). It marries historical fact, legend and drama creating a cracking action adventure that sees nine hundred Jewish people take refuge in the eponymous and impregnable mountain fortress, fleeing the brutal regime of the Vespasianic legions under the command of Peter O'Toole's ("Silva"). The other principal casting maybe isn't the best - Peter Strauss didn't work for me at all and the seriously wooden Barbara Carrera also stretches the imagination just a tad, but the pace of the story builds well as the... read the rest.

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