Movie Description
Playing for Time
(1980)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Daniel Mann,Joseph Sargent
- Producer : John E. Quill,Bernard Sofronski,Linda Yellen
- Writer : Arthur Miller
- Editor : Jay Freund
- Cast : Vanessa Redgrave,Jane Alexander,Maud Adams,Christine Baranski,Robin Bartlett,Marisa Berenson,Verna Bloom,Donna Haley,Lenore Harris,Mady Kaplan,Will Lee,Anna Thomson,Viveca Lindfors,Melanie Mayron,Marcell Rosenblatt,Max Wright,Shirley Knight,Elaine Bromka,Clarence Felder,Marta Heflin,Martha Schlamme,Faith Catlin,Dorothy Sherwood,Grace Stover,Sidney Sandness,Thomas La Fleur,Zvee Scooler,Tom Everett,Mary Kay Fager,Mary McGonical,Phyllis Vanier,Monica Merriman,Robert Lucey,Lorraine Lucey,Lee Jay Nelson,Robert Dannon,Peter Phillips,Spencer Waldron,John Griesemer,Huggy-Bear Ferris,Al Butler,Jeffrey Marcus,Rick Washburn
Cast
Fania Fenelon
Alma Rose
Mala
Olga
Etalina
Elzvieta
Paulette
Katrina
Charlotte
Varya
Shmuel
Michou
Frau Schmidt
Marianne
Giselle
Dr. Josef Mengele
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Tchiakowska
Commandant Kramer
Esther
Woman on train
Liesle
Berta
Greta
Asthmatic Man
Boy Scout
First Chessplayer
Second Chess Player
Polish Woman
Tattooer
Blockawa
Canadian Girl
Ladislaus
Ladislaus' Mother
Edek
SS Officer
British Radio Man
SS Sergeant
German Trooper
The Executioner
Nazi Officer (uncredited)
Rose's Husband (uncredited)
Prisoner (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitlePlaying for Time
Status Released
Release Information
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1980-09-30
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 30m
Production CompaniesSzygzy Productions
Genres
- Drama
- Music
- History
- TV Movie
