O’Toole impresses in ‘Masada’

From the heyday of TV mini-series comes ‘Masada’ (Universal Playback, €27.99).

It’s 70AD and Jewish Zealot leader Eleazer ben Yair (Peter Strauss) defies Roman commander Flavious Silva (the majestic Peter O’Toole) whose 10th Legion has taken Jerusalem. When a truce between the two is broken, Eleazer retreats to the mountaintop fortress of Masada.