Playing for Time (1980)

6.9/10 150 min Drama Music History TV Movie

Overview

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

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

Marta Heflin

Esther

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