Spiel um Zeit - Das Mädchenorchster in Auschwitz (1980)
Kurz nach ihrer Einlieferung in das Konzentrationslager Auschwitz-Birkenau wird die junge französische Sängerin Fania Fénelon in das Lagerorchester beordert. Das aus weiblichen Häftlingen zusammengestellte Orchester muss zu den Märschen der Arbeitskolonnen und zur Unterhaltung der Lagerleitung spielen. Schnell wird den jungen Frauen klar, dass die Musik ihre einzige Chance ist, dem sicheren Tod in den Gaskammern zu entgehen. Sie spielen um ihr Leben…
Die Regisseur: Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent.
![]() |
Vanessa Redgrave as Fania Fenelon |
![]() |
Jane Alexander as Alma Rose |
![]() |
Maud Adams as Mala |
![]() |
Christine Baranski as Olga |
![]() |
Robin Bartlett as Etalina |
![]() |
Marisa Berenson as Elzvieta |
![]() |
Verna Bloom as Paulette |
![]() |
Donna Haley as Katrina |
![]() |
Lenore Harris as Charlotte |
![]() |
Mady Kaplan as Varya |
![]() |
Will Lee as Shmuel |
![]() |
Anna Thomson as Michou |
![]() |
Viveca Lindfors as Frau Schmidt |
![]() |
Melanie Mayron as Marianne |
![]() |
Marcell Rosenblatt as Giselle |
![]() |
Max Wright as Dr. Josef Mengele |
![]() |
Shirley Knight as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel |
![]() |
Elaine Bromka as Tchiakowska |
![]() |
Clarence Felder as Commandant Kramer |
![]() |
Marta Heflin as Esther |
![]() |
Martha Schlamme as Woman on train |
![]() |
Faith Catlin as Liesle |
![]() |
Dorothy Sherwood as Berta |
![]() |
Grace Stover as Greta |
![]() |
Sidney Sandness as Asthmatic Man |
![]() |
Thomas La Fleur as Boy Scout |
![]() |
Zvee Scooler as First Chessplayer |
![]() |
Tom Everett as Second Chess Player |
![]() |
Mary Kay Fager as Polish Woman |
![]() |
Mary McGonical as Tattooer |
![]() |
Phyllis Vanier as Blockawa |
![]() |
Monica Merriman as Canadian Girl |
![]() |
Robert Lucey as Ladislaus |
![]() |
Lorraine Lucey as Ladislaus' Mother |
![]() |
Lee Jay Nelson as Edek |
![]() |
Robert Dannon as SS Officer |
![]() |
Peter Phillips as British Radio Man |
![]() |
Spencer Waldron as SS Sergeant |
![]() |
John Griesemer as German Trooper |
![]() |
Huggy-Bear Ferris as The Executioner |
![]() |
Al Butler as Nazi Officer (uncredited) |
![]() |
Jeffrey Marcus as Rose's Husband (uncredited) |
![]() |
Rick Washburn as Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Directing | Daniel Mann | Director |
| Directing | Joseph Sargent | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruth Morley | Costume Design |
| Production | Bernard Sofronski | Producer |
| Production | Linda Yellen | Producer |
| Production | Lynn Kressel | Casting |
| Writing | Arthur Miller | Writer |
| Camera | Arthur J. Ornitz | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Fania Fénelon | Author |
| Editing | Jay Freund | Editor |
| Production | John E. Quill | Producer |
| Sound | Brad Fiedel | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Robert Gundlach | Art Direction |
| Production | Louise Ramsay | Associate Producer |
| Art | Gary Jones | Set Decoration |