Masada (1981)MCA Videocassette Inc.(1981)
Betamax · Slipcase
This is the 1981 MCA Videocassette Inc. Betamax Slipcase edition of Masada (1981).
2h 11m
Edition facts
- Format
- Betamax
- Distributor
- MCA Videocassette Inc.
- Case type
- Slipcase
- Release year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
About the show
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.
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera
Production: Arnon Milchan Productions, Universal Television