Masada

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Masada is an American television miniseries that aired on ABC in April 1981. Advertised by the network as an "ABC Novel for Television," it was a fictionalized account of the historical siege of the Masada citadel in Israel by legions of the Roman Empire in AD 73.read more

Masada is an American television miniseries that aired on ABC in April 1981. Advertised by the network as an "ABC Novel for Television," it was a fictionalized account of the historical siege of the Masada citadel in Israel by legions of the Roman Empire in AD 73. The TV series' script is based on the novel The Antagonists by Ernest Gann, with a screenplay written by Joel Oliansky. The siege ended when the Roman armies entered the fortress, only to discover the mass suicide by the Jewish defenders when defeat became imminent.

Original Release

04/05/1981 on ABC

US Release

04/05/1981

Cast

(see additional cast & crew)
# Title Air Date
1 Part I Sunday, 05 April 1981
2 Part II Monday, 06 April 1981
3 Part III Tuesday, 07 April 1981
4 Part IV Wednesday, 08 April 1981

Directors

Boris Sagal

Writers

Ernest K. Gann, Joel Oliansky

Cast

Producers

Editors

Peter Kirby, Edwin F. England

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