Genres
Drama , Music , History , TV Movie
Duration
150 min
Director
Daniel Mann
Rating
6.9
Release Date
September 30, 1980
Playing for Time
Original title: Playing for Time
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We couldn’t find any streaming platforms offering this title right now.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.
Playing for Time cast
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Vanessa Redgrave
Character:
Fania Fenelon
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Jane Alexander
Character:
Alma Rose
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Maud Adams
Character:
Mala
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Christine Baranski
Character:
Olga
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Robin Bartlett
Character:
Etalina
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Marisa Berenson
Character:
Elzvieta
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Verna Bloom
Character:
Paulette
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Donna Haley
Character:
Katrina
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Lenore Harris
Character:
Charlotte
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Mady Kaplan
Character:
Varya
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Will Lee
Character:
Shmuel
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Anna Thomson
Character:
Michou
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Viveca Lindfors
Character:
Frau Schmidt
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Melanie Mayron
Character:
Marianne
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Marcell Rosenblatt
Character:
Giselle
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Max Wright
Character:
Dr. Josef Mengele
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Shirley Knight
Character:
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
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Elaine Bromka
Character:
Tchiakowska
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Clarence Felder
Character:
Commandant Kramer
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Marta Heflin
Character:
Esther
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Martha Schlamme
Character:
Woman on train
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Faith Catlin
Character:
Liesle
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Dorothy Sherwood
Character:
Berta
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Grace Stover
Character:
Greta
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Sidney Sandness
Character:
Asthmatic Man
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Thomas La Fleur
Character:
Boy Scout
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Zvee Scooler
Character:
First Chessplayer
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Tom Everett
Character:
Second Chess Player
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Mary Kay Fager
Character:
Polish Woman
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Mary McGonical
Character:
Tattooer
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Phyllis Vanier
Character:
Blockawa
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Monica Merriman
Character:
Canadian Girl
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Robert Lucey
Character:
Ladislaus
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Lorraine Lucey
Character:
Ladislaus' Mother
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Lee Jay Nelson
Character:
Edek
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Robert Dannon
Character:
SS Officer
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Peter Phillips
Character:
British Radio Man
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Spencer Waldron
Character:
SS Sergeant
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John Griesemer
Character:
German Trooper
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Huggy-Bear Ferris
Character:
The Executioner
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Al Butler
Character:
Nazi Officer (uncredited)
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Jeffrey Marcus
Character:
Rose's Husband (uncredited)
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Rick Washburn
Character:
Prisoner (uncredited)
