Playing for Time

Playing for Time (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 who are sentenced to die in the gas chambers.

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  • Release Date: 1980-09-30
  • Runtime: 2h 30min
  • Directors: Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent.

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Cast

  • Vanessa Redgrave

    Fania Fenelon

  • Jane Alexander

    Alma Rose

  • Maud Adams

    Mala

  • Christine Baranski

    Olga

  • Robin Bartlett

    Etalina

  • Marisa Berenson

    Elzvieta

  • Verna Bloom

    Paulette

  • Donna Haley

    Katrina

  • Lenore Harris

    Charlotte

  • Mady Kaplan

    Varya

  • Will Lee

    Shmuel

  • Anna Thomson

    Michou

  • Viveca Lindfors

    Frau Schmidt

  • Melanie Mayron

    Marianne

  • Marcell Rosenblatt

    Giselle

  • Max Wright

    Dr. Josef Mengele

  • Shirley Knight

    Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

  • Elaine Bromka

    Tchiakowska

  • Clarence Felder

    Commandant Kramer

  • Marta Heflin

    Esther

  • Martha Schlamme

    Woman on train

  • Faith Catlin

    Liesle

  • Dorothy Sherwood

    Berta

  • Grace Stover

    Greta

  • Sidney Sandness

    Asthmatic Man

  • Thomas La Fleur

    Boy Scout

  • Zvee Scooler

    First Chessplayer

  • Tom Everett

    Second Chess Player

  • Mary Kay Fager

    Polish Woman

  • Mary McGonical

    Tattooer

  • Phyllis Vanier

    Blockawa

  • Monica Merriman

    Canadian Girl

  • Robert Lucey

    Ladislaus

  • Lorraine Lucey

    Ladislaus' Mother

  • Lee Jay Nelson

    Edek

  • Robert Dannon

    SS Officer

  • Peter Phillips

    British Radio Man

  • Spencer Waldron

    SS Sergeant

  • John Griesemer

    German Trooper

  • Huggy-Bear Ferris

    The Executioner

  • Al Butler

    Nazi Officer (uncredited)

  • Jeffrey Marcus

    Rose's Husband (uncredited)

  • Rick Washburn

    Prisoner (uncredited)

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