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Playing for Time

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Playing for Time

6.8

2h 30m

1980

Synopsis

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.

Director

Daniel Mann

Joseph Sargent

DramaMusicHistoryTV Movie

concentration campworld war iiauschwitz-birkenau concentration camporchestrabased on memoir or autobiography

Cast & Crew

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

as Fania Fenelon

Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

as Alma Rose

Maud Adams

Maud Adams

as Mala

Christine Baranski

Christine Baranski

as Olga

Robin Bartlett

Robin Bartlett

as Etalina

Marisa Berenson

Marisa Berenson

as Elzvieta

Verna Bloom

Verna Bloom

as Paulette

Donna Haley

as Katrina

Lenore Harris

Lenore Harris

as Charlotte

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