Peter O'Toole
General Cornelius Flavius Silva
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Masada: With Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera, Alan Feinstein. After the destruction of the Second Temple, nine hundred Jewish zealots hold out against a five thousand man Roman legion on the mountaintop fortress of Masada.
- (2.4K)
- 1981-04-05
- Action, Drama, History
- 394
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.
The siege ended when the Roman armies entered the fortress, only to discover the mass suicide by the Jewish defenders when defeat became imminent. The miniseries starred Peter O'Toole as Roman legion commander Lucius Flavius Silva, Peter Strauss as the Jewish commander Eleazar ben Ya'ir, and Barbara Carrera as Silva's Jewish mistress. It was O ...
- 4
- ABC
- 5 April –, 8 April 1981
When the Romans successfully take Jerusalem, a combative faction of Jews relocates to a mountaintop redoubt in Masada under the leadership of Eleazar ben Yair (Peter Strauss) and refuses to...
- (13)
- Boris Sagal
- History, Drama
Sep 11, 2007 · In first century A.D., Flavius Silva (Peter O Toole), commander in Roman Palestine, leads his forces in combat against the remaining Jewish Zealots who have taken refuge in the seemingly impregnable fortress of Masada.
- (597)
- English
- Full Screen, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color
- 6 hours and 34 minutes
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Jews led by Eleazar stay in a huge fortress of Masada on the Judean Desert which is their only safe place away from the Roman Empire. Romans are forced to conquer them. The movie shows human soul, psychological aspect of humanity, even of the "triumphant Roman leaders".
Directed by. Boris Sagal. United States, 1981. Drama, TV Mini-series. 394. Synopsis. After the destruction of the Second Temple, 900 Jewish zealots hold out against a 5000 man Roman legion on the mountaintop fortress of Masada. Synopsis.
