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Playing for Time (1980)

TMDB user score 6.9/10
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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 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 Katrina
  • Lenore Harris Lenore Harris Charlotte
  • 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 Giselle
  • Max Wright Max Wright Dr. Josef Mengele
  • Shirley Knight Shirley Knight Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
  • Elaine Bromka Elaine Bromka Tchiakowska