Playing for Time

Playing for Time (1980)


  • Genre: Drama, Music, History, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1980-09-30
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 52 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 30min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Szygzy Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent.
star 6.9/10
From 52 Ratings

Summary

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 Redgrave

    as Fania Fenelon

  • Jane Alexander

    as Alma Rose

  • Maud Adams

    as Mala

  • Christine Baranski

    as Olga

  • Robin Bartlett

    as Etalina

  • Marisa Berenson

    as Elzvieta

  • Verna Bloom

    as Paulette

  • Donna Haley

    as Katrina

  • Lenore Harris

    as Charlotte

  • Mady Kaplan

    as Varya

  • Will Lee

    as Shmuel

  • Anna Thomson

    as Michou

  • Viveca Lindfors

    as Frau Schmidt

  • Melanie Mayron

    as Marianne

  • Marcell Rosenblatt

    as Giselle

  • Max Wright

    as Dr. Josef Mengele

  • Shirley Knight

    as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

  • Elaine Bromka

    as Tchiakowska

  • Clarence Felder

    as Commandant Kramer

  • Marta Heflin

    as Esther

  • Martha Schlamme

    as Woman on train

  • Faith Catlin

    as Liesle

  • Dorothy Sherwood

    as Berta

  • Grace Stover

    as Greta

  • Sidney Sandness

    as Asthmatic Man

  • Thomas La Fleur

    as Boy Scout

  • Zvee Scooler

    as First Chessplayer

  • Tom Everett

    as Second Chess Player

  • Mary Kay Fager

    as Polish Woman

  • Mary McGonical

    as Tattooer

  • Phyllis Vanier

    as Blockawa

  • Monica Merriman

    as Canadian Girl

  • Robert Lucey

    as Ladislaus

  • Lorraine Lucey

    as Ladislaus' Mother

  • Lee Jay Nelson

    as Edek

  • Robert Dannon

    as SS Officer

  • Peter Phillips

    as British Radio Man

  • Spencer Waldron

    as SS Sergeant

  • John Griesemer

    as German Trooper

  • Huggy-Bear Ferris

    as The Executioner

  • Al Butler

    as Nazi Officer (uncredited)

  • Jeffrey Marcus

    as Rose's Husband (uncredited)

  • Rick Washburn

    as Prisoner (uncredited)
Directing Daniel Mann Director
Directing Joseph Sargent Director
Writing Arthur Miller Writer
Writing Fania Fénelon Author
Production John E. Quill Producer
Production Louise Ramsay Associate Producer
Production Bernard Sofronski Producer
Production Linda Yellen Producer
Sound Brad Fiedel Original Music Composer
Camera Arthur J. Ornitz Director of Photography
Editing Jay Freund Editor
Production Lynn Kressel Casting
Art Robert Gundlach Art Direction
Art Gary Jones Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Ruth Morley Costume Design

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