Masada 1981
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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.
- Released: 1981-04-05
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
- Stars: Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera, Alan Feinstein, Giulia Pagano
- Director: Boris Sagal, George Eckstein, Jennings Lang, Paul Lohmann, Edwin F. England
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2. Part II 1981-04-06
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3. Part III 1981-04-07
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4. Part IV 1981-04-08
