Masada (1981)★ 7.8/10
- Action
- Drama
- History
Directed by: Boris Sagal
Written by: Ernest K. Gann, Joel Oliansky
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.
- Original title
- Masada
- Storyline
- Flavius Silva, commander in Roman Judea, wants to reach a reasonable compromise with the Jewish Zealots and withdraw his legion. Events and personalities in Rome, however, lead to his besieging the fortress of Masada. There the engineering genius of the Romans must fight both the harsh climate and landscape, and the passion and ingenuity of Eleazar Ben Yair and his people.
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 2,672
- Companies
- Arnon Milchan Productions, Universal Television, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MCA Home Video, Koch Vision, NBCUniversal, BBC One, BBC Two, CIC Video, Flashstar Home Vídeo, Polyband, RTL 7, Sky One, Studios USA Television, Teleantillas, Universal Pictures UK, WVG Medien
- Release dates
- US April 5, 1981
- FI April 24, 1981
- AT May 1, 1981
- XWG May 1, 1981
- GB February 14, 1983
- FR September 1, 1983
- SE December 28, 1984
- PL April 3, 2000