Playing for Time

Directed by Daniel Mann and Joseph Sargent
1980    2h 30m
Drama, History, Music,
7.373%
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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.
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Cast of Playing for Time
  • 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
  • Martha SchlammeWoman on train
  • Faith CatlinLiesle
  • Dorothy SherwoodBerta
  • Grace StoverGreta
  • Sidney SandnessAsthmatic Man
  • Thomas La FleurBoy Scout
  • Zvee ScoolerFirst Chessplayer
  • Tom EverettSecond Chess Player
  • Mary Kay FagerPolish Woman
  • Mary McGonicalTattooer
  • Phyllis VanierBlockawa
  • Monica MerrimanCanadian Girl
  • Robert LuceyLadislaus
  • Lorraine LuceyLadislaus' Mother
  • Lee Jay NelsonEdek
  • Robert DannonSS Officer
  • Peter PhillipsBritish Radio Man
  • Spencer WaldronSS Sergeant
  • John GriesemerGerman Trooper
  • Huggy-Bear FerrisThe Executioner
  • Al ButlerNazi Officer (uncredited)
  • Jeffrey MarcusRose's Husband (uncredited)
  • Rick WashburnPrisoner (uncredited)
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