Playing for Time

Directed by Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent
1980    2h 30mDrama, History,
7.374%6.8
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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  • Vanessa RedgraveFania Fenelon
  • Jane AlexanderAlma Rose
  • Maud AdamsMala
  • Christine BaranskiOlga
  • Robin BartlettEtalina
  • Marisa BerensonElzvieta
  • Verna BloomPaulette
  • Donna HaleyKatrina
  • Lenore HarrisCharlotte
  • Mady KaplanVarya
  • Will LeeShmuel
  • Anna ThomsonMichou
  • Viveca LindforsFrau Schmidt
  • Melanie MayronMarianne
  • Marcell RosenblattGiselle
  • Max WrightDr. Josef Mengele
  • Shirley KnightFrau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
  • Elaine BromkaTchiakowska
  • Clarence FelderCommandant Kramer
  • Marta HeflinEsther

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Playing for Time Trivia

Playing for Time was released on September 30, 1980.

Playing for Time was directed by Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent.

Playing for Time has a runtime of 2 hr 30 min.

Playing for Time was produced by Bernard Sofronski, Linda Yellen, John E. Quill.

The key characters in Playing for Time are Fania Fenelon (Vanessa Redgrave), Alma Rose (Jane Alexander), Mala (Maud Adams).

Playing for Time is a Drama, History, Music film.

Playing for Time has an audience rating of 7.4 out of 10.

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