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Playing for Time

Playing for Time

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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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1980-09-30
⌚ Running Time: 150 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.9

Beloved Cast

Vanessa Redgrave original image
Fania Fenelon
Vanessa Redgrave
Jane Alexander original image
Alma Rose
Jane Alexander
Maud Adams original image
Mala
Maud Adams
Christine Baranski original image
Olga
Christine Baranski
Robin Bartlett original image
Etalina
Robin Bartlett
Marisa Berenson original image
Elzvieta
Marisa Berenson
Verna Bloom original image
Paulette
Verna Bloom
Donna Haley original image
Katrina
Donna Haley
Lenore Harris original image
Charlotte
Lenore Harris
Mady Kaplan original image
Varya
Mady Kaplan
Will Lee original image
Shmuel
Will Lee
Anna Thomson original image
Michou
Anna Thomson
Viveca Lindfors original image
Frau Schmidt
Viveca Lindfors
Melanie Mayron original image
Marianne
Melanie Mayron
Marcell Rosenblatt original image
Giselle
Marcell Rosenblatt
Max Wright original image
Dr. Josef Mengele
Max Wright
Shirley Knight original image
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Shirley Knight
Elaine Bromka original image
Tchiakowska
Elaine Bromka
Clarence Felder original image
Commandant Kramer
Clarence Felder
Marta Heflin original image
Esther
Marta Heflin
Martha Schlamme original image
Woman on train
Martha Schlamme
Faith Catlin original image
Liesle
Faith Catlin
Dorothy Sherwood original image
Berta
Dorothy Sherwood
Grace Stover original image
Greta
Grace Stover
Sidney Sandness original image
Asthmatic Man
Sidney Sandness
Thomas La Fleur original image
Boy Scout
Thomas La Fleur
Zvee Scooler original image
First Chessplayer
Zvee Scooler
Tom Everett original image
Second Chess Player
Tom Everett
Mary Kay Fager original image
Polish Woman
Mary Kay Fager
Mary McGonical original image
Tattooer
Mary McGonical
Phyllis Vanier original image
Blockawa
Phyllis Vanier
Monica Merriman original image
Canadian Girl
Monica Merriman
Robert Lucey original image
Ladislaus
Robert Lucey
Lorraine Lucey original image
Ladislaus' Mother
Lorraine Lucey
Lee Jay Nelson original image
Edek
Lee Jay Nelson
Robert Dannon original image
SS Officer
Robert Dannon
Peter Phillips original image
British Radio Man
Peter Phillips
Spencer Waldron original image
SS Sergeant
Spencer Waldron
John Griesemer original image
German Trooper
John Griesemer
Huggy-Bear Ferris original image
The Executioner
Huggy-Bear Ferris
Al Butler original image
Nazi Officer (uncredited)
Al Butler
Jeffrey Marcus original image
Rose's Husband (uncredited)
Jeffrey Marcus
Rick Washburn original image
Prisoner (uncredited)
Rick Washburn

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