Series Cast

Peter O'Toole
Gen. Cornelius Flavius Silva
Peter Strauss
Eleazar Ben Yair
Barbara Carrera
Sheva
Nigel Davenport
Mucianus
Alan Feinstein
Aaron
Giulia Pagano
Miriam
Anthony Quayle
Rubrius Gallus
Denis Quilley
Marcus Quadratus
Paul L. Smith
Gideon
Anthony Valentine
Merovius
Timothy West
Emperor Vespasian
David Warner
Pomponius Falco
Clive Francis
Attius
George Innes
Titus
David Opatoshu
Shimon
Richard Pierson
Ephraim
Jack Watson
Decurion
Joseph Wiseman
Jerahmeel
Heinz Bernard
Elder
Christopher Biggins
Claudius Albinus
David A. Block
Reuben
Warren Clarke
Plinius
Vernon Dobtcheff
Chief Priest
Michael Elphick
Vettius
Ken Hutchison
Fronto
David Mauro
Epos
Kevin McNally
Norbanus
Alexander Peleg
Zidon
Joey Sagal
Seth
Michael Shillo
Ezra
Richard Basehart
Narrator

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Miniseries

1981 | 4 Episodes

Miniseries of Masada premiered on Apr 05 1981

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Mar 27 2022

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 ...