Playing for Time
6.9
53 reviews
Drama/Music
2h 30m
1980
When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians find themselves assigned to a terrible task—using their talents to soothe fellow prisoners...
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When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians find themselves assigned to a terrible task—using their talents to soothe fellow prisoners who are sentenced to die in the gas chambers.
- DirectorDaniel Mann
- Release30 September 1980
- Genre
- Duration2h 30m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate6.953 reviews
- Productions
Szygzy Productions
Cast
Vanessa Redgrave
Fania Fenelon
Jane Alexander
Alma Rose
Maud Adams
Mala
Christine Baranski
Olga
Robin Bartlett
Etalina
Marisa Berenson
Elzvieta
Verna Bloom
Paulette
Lenore Harris
Charlotte
Will Lee
Shmuel
Anna Thomson
Michou
Viveca Lindfors
Frau Schmidt
Melanie Mayron
Marianne
Max Wright
Dr. Josef Mengele
Shirley Knight
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Elaine Bromka
Tchiakowska
Clarence Felder
Commandant Kramer
Marta Heflin
Esther
Zvee Scooler
First Chessplayer
Tom Everett
Second Chess Player
John Griesemer
German Trooper
Jeffrey Marcus
Rose's Husband (uncredited)
Rick Washburn
Prisoner (uncredited)
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