Playing for Time
Sep 30, 1980 · 2h 30m · Drama, Music, History, TV Movie
⭐ 6.8· 56 votes
Director Daniel Mann
Writer Arthur Miller
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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.
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Cast
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
Viveca Lindfors
Frau Schmidt
Melanie Mayron
Marianne
Marcell Rosenblatt
Giselle
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