Masada

by Nicola Badalucco, screenwriter

$75 · Offered by Royal Books

Rome: Pegaso, 1969. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Text in English.A bleak retelling of the siege of Masada by Roman troops in 74 AD, leading one thousand Jews to commit suicide in order to avoid death at the hands of the Roman soldiers. An early career script by noted Italian screenwriter Nicola Badalucco, who was best known for The Damned 1969 , which won an Oscar for Best Screenplay.Set in the Masada fortress in Israel.

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