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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
Brief 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.
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
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'Toole's first appearance in an American miniseries.
- 4
- ABC
- 5 April –, 8 April 1981
Despite being overwhelmed numerically, the rebels successfully employ guerrilla warfare tactics against a Roman legion under Flavius Silva (Peter O'Toole) until the Romans finally summon an...
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- Boris Sagal
- History, Drama
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Peter O'Toole (who starred in another great desert epic, Lawrence of Arabia) is wonderful as the general who knows peaceful negotiation is better than war, but is forced by political wrangling above and below his rank to try to crush the Jewish resistance group.
Jan 27, 2006 · For three years, as many as 10,000 Roman soldiers camped at the base of the mountain, intent on capturing this last stronghold of the Jewish rebellion against Roman Imperial authority.
