Masada
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alexander Peleg
Norman Rossington
Diana Webster
Richard Pierson
Joseph Wiseman
David A Block
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Peter O'Toole made his American TV acting debut as the Roman general leading the epic 1st-century siege of Masada, the mountain fortress where about 900 Jewish Zealots made a heroic stand against 5,000 Roman soldiers. Peter Strauss is the fiery leader of the freedom-fighting Zealots, and their confrontation earned both actors Emmy Award nominations for this eight-hour, four-part miniseries.
David Warner, as O'Toole's devious rival, won an Emmy as Outstanding Supporting Actor, and Anthony Quayle was nominated in the same category. Jerry Goldsmith also won an Emmy for his score for Part 2, while Morton Stevens got a nomination for scoring Part 4. The show itself was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Limited Series, and other nominations went to director Boris Sagal, as well as to writer Joel Oliansky, supervising editor John Bloom, and the editors, costume designer, set decorators and makeup artists, all for Part 4.
Cast
Alexander Peleg
Norman Rossington
Diana Webster
Richard Pierson
Joseph Wiseman
David A Block
Heinz Bernhard
Barbara Carrera
Anthony Quayle
Nigel Davenport
Derek Newark
Jack Watson
Anthony Valentine
David Hooks
Ken Hutchison
Warren Clarke
Paul Smith
George Innes
Peter O'toole
Denis Quilley
Alan Feinstein
Michael Elphick
Joseph Sagal
Giulia Pagano
Kevin Mcnally
Michael Shillo
John Terry Bell
Vernon Dobtcheff
Reuven Bar-yotam
John Phillips
David Mauro
Richard Basehart
Clive Francis
Leone Greene
David Opatoshu
Christopher Biggins
Ray Smith
Morgan Sheppard
Timothy West
Michael Schneider
Peter Strauss
David Warner
Nick Brimble
Crew
Del Acevedo
James Alexander
Danny Ben-menahem
Ben Bishop
John Bloom
Terri Cannon-cole
Alex D'alessio
George Eckstein
Edwin F England
Wayne Fitzgerald
Ernest K. Gann
James Gardner
Jerry Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith
Robert L Hoyt
Claude Hudson
Richard Irving
Albert Jeyte
Robert L. Kimble
Peter Kirby
Ian Lewis
Paul Lohmann
Dov Maoz
Eddie Marks
Lambert Marks
Brian Marshall
Robert E Mayer
Arnon Milchan
Nino Novarese
Nino Novarese
Joel Oliansky
Edward M Parker
Stanley H Polinsky
George Renne
Marge Champion Sagal
Kuli Sander
Mark R Schilz
Jack Senter
John J Stephens
Morton Stevens
Joseph J. Stone
Robert Stone
Kenneth P Sweet
Bill Taylor
Christopher Taylor
Albert Whitlock
Ken Withers
Rony Yacov
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States April 5, 1981
Released in United States on Video February 28, 1995
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Released theatrically outside the USA.
