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Playing for Time

Playing for Time

19806.82h 30m

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.

Directed by Daniel Mann
Written by Arthur Miller, Fania Fénelon
Produced by John E. Quill, Bernard Sofronski, Linda Yellen
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Top 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

D

Donna Haley

Katrina

Lenore Harris

Lenore Harris

Charlotte

M

Mady Kaplan

Varya

Themes & Keywords

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

About Playing for Time

Playing for Time is a drama, music, history, tv movie film released in 1980 exploring themes of concentration camp, world war ii, auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, orchestra, based on memoir or autobiography. Directed by Daniel Mann, it stars Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Alexander, Maud Adams. 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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