Playing for Time

Playing for Time

1980 en 150 minutes

Rating: 6.8

Plot

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

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Fania Fenelon

Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

Alma Rose

Maud Adams

Maud Adams

Mala

Christine Baranski

Christine Baranski

Olga

Robin Bartlett

Robin Bartlett

Etalina

Marisa Berenson

Marisa Berenson

Elzvieta

Verna Bloom

Verna Bloom

Paulette

Donna Haley

Donna Haley

Katrina

Lenore Harris

Lenore Harris

Charlotte

Mady Kaplan

Mady Kaplan

Varya

Will Lee

Will Lee

Shmuel

Anna Thomson

Anna Thomson

Michou

Viveca Lindfors

Viveca Lindfors

Frau Schmidt

Melanie Mayron

Melanie Mayron

Marianne

Marcell Rosenblatt

Marcell Rosenblatt

Giselle

Max Wright

Max Wright

Dr. Josef Mengele

Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Elaine Bromka

Elaine Bromka

Tchiakowska

Clarence Felder

Clarence Felder

Commandant Kramer

Marta Heflin

Marta Heflin

Esther

Martha Schlamme

Martha Schlamme

Woman on train

Faith Catlin

Faith Catlin

Liesle

Dorothy Sherwood

Dorothy Sherwood

Berta

Grace Stover

Grace Stover

Greta

Sidney Sandness

Sidney Sandness

Asthmatic Man

Thomas La Fleur

Thomas La Fleur

Boy Scout

Zvee Scooler

Zvee Scooler

First Chessplayer

Tom Everett

Tom Everett

Second Chess Player

Mary Kay Fager

Mary Kay Fager

Polish Woman

Mary McGonical

Mary McGonical

Tattooer

Phyllis Vanier

Phyllis Vanier

Blockawa

Monica Merriman

Monica Merriman

Canadian Girl

Robert Lucey

Robert Lucey

Ladislaus

Lorraine Lucey

Lorraine Lucey

Ladislaus' Mother

Lee Jay Nelson

Lee Jay Nelson

Edek

Robert Dannon

Robert Dannon

SS Officer

Peter Phillips

Peter Phillips

British Radio Man

Spencer Waldron

Spencer Waldron

SS Sergeant

John Griesemer

John Griesemer

German Trooper

Huggy-Bear Ferris

Huggy-Bear Ferris

The Executioner

Al Butler

Al Butler

Nazi Officer (uncredited)

Jeffrey Marcus

Jeffrey Marcus

Rose's Husband (uncredited)

Rick Washburn

Rick Washburn

Prisoner (uncredited)

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