Playing for Time (1980)
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.
- Date of release
- 1980-09-30
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (60)
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Music, History, TV Movie
- Director
- Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent
Casting
- Vanessa Redgrave — Fania Fenelon
- Jane Alexander — Alma Rose
- Maud Adams — Mala
- Christine Baranski — Olga
- Robin Bartlett — Etalina
- Marisa Berenson — Elzvieta
- Verna Bloom — Paulette
- Donna Haley — Katrina
- Lenore Harris — Charlotte
- Mady Kaplan — Varya
- Will Lee — Shmuel
- Anna Thomson — Michou
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