Playing for Time (1980)

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2h 30min
Playing for Time

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Synopsis

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.

Cast

Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave

Fania Fenelon

Jane Alexander
Jane Alexander

Alma Rose

Maud Adams
Maud Adams

Mala

Christine Baranski
Christine Baranski

Olga

Robin Bartlett
Robin Bartlett

Etalina

Marisa Berenson
Marisa Berenson

Elzvieta

Verna Bloom
Verna Bloom

Paulette

Donna Haley
Donna Haley

Katrina

Lenore Harris
Lenore Harris

Charlotte

Mady Kaplan
Mady Kaplan

Varya

Will Lee
Will Lee

Shmuel

Anna Thomson
Anna Thomson

Michou

Viveca Lindfors
Viveca Lindfors

Frau Schmidt

Melanie Mayron
Melanie Mayron

Marianne

Marcell Rosenblatt
Marcell Rosenblatt

Giselle

Max Wright
Max Wright

Dr. Josef Mengele

Shirley Knight
Shirley Knight

Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Elaine Bromka
Elaine Bromka

Tchiakowska

Clarence Felder
Clarence Felder

Commandant Kramer

Marta Heflin
Marta Heflin

Esther

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