Playing for Time

Duration: 150 min

Release date: 1980-09-30

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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.

Drama Music History TV Movie

Playing for Time

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Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

as Fania Fenelon

Christine Baranski

Christine Baranski

Marisa Berenson

Marisa Berenson

Viveca Lindfors

Viveca Lindfors

as Frau Schmidt

Marcell Rosenblatt

Marcell Rosenblatt

as Dr. Josef Mengele

as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Clarence Felder

Clarence Felder

as Commandant Kramer

Martha Schlamme

Martha Schlamme

as Woman on train

Dorothy Sherwood

Dorothy Sherwood

Sidney Sandness

Sidney Sandness

as Asthmatic Man

Thomas La Fleur

Thomas La Fleur

as First Chessplayer

as Second Chess Player

as Polish Woman

Monica Merriman

Monica Merriman

as Canadian Girl

as Ladislaus' Mother

as British Radio Man

Spencer Waldron

Spencer Waldron

as German Trooper

Huggy-Bear Ferris

Huggy-Bear Ferris

as The Executioner

as Nazi Officer (uncredited)

as Rose's Husband (uncredited)

as Prisoner (uncredited)

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Arthur J. Ornitz

Arthur J. Ornitz

Director of Photography

Robert Gundlach

Robert Gundlach

Original Music Composer

Bernard Sofronski

Bernard Sofronski

Associate Producer

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