Playing for Time (1980)
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.
Directors: Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent.
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Vanessa Redgrave as Fania Fenelon |
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Jane Alexander as Alma Rose |
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Maud Adams as Mala |
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Christine Baranski as Olga |
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Robin Bartlett as Etalina |
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Marisa Berenson as Elzvieta |
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Verna Bloom as Paulette |
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Donna Haley as Katrina |
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Lenore Harris as Charlotte |
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Mady Kaplan as Varya |
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Will Lee as Shmuel |
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Anna Thomson as Michou |
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Viveca Lindfors as Frau Schmidt |
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Melanie Mayron as Marianne |
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Marcell Rosenblatt as Giselle |
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Max Wright as Dr. Josef Mengele |
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Shirley Knight as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel |
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Elaine Bromka as Tchiakowska |
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Clarence Felder as Commandant Kramer |
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Marta Heflin as Esther |
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Martha Schlamme as Woman on train |
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Faith Catlin as Liesle |
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Dorothy Sherwood as Berta |
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Grace Stover as Greta |
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Sidney Sandness as Asthmatic Man |
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Thomas La Fleur as Boy Scout |
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Zvee Scooler as First Chessplayer |
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Tom Everett as Second Chess Player |
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Mary Kay Fager as Polish Woman |
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Mary McGonical as Tattooer |
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Phyllis Vanier as Blockawa |
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Monica Merriman as Canadian Girl |
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Robert Lucey as Ladislaus |
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Lorraine Lucey as Ladislaus' Mother |
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Lee Jay Nelson as Edek |
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Robert Dannon as SS Officer |
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Peter Phillips as British Radio Man |
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Spencer Waldron as SS Sergeant |
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John Griesemer as German Trooper |
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Huggy-Bear Ferris as The Executioner |
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Al Butler as Nazi Officer (uncredited) |
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Jeffrey Marcus as Rose's Husband (uncredited) |
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Rick Washburn as Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Directing | Daniel Mann | Director |
| Directing | Joseph Sargent | Director |
| Writing | Arthur Miller | Writer |
| Writing | Fania Fénelon | Author |
| Production | John E. Quill | Producer |
| Production | Louise Ramsay | Associate Producer |
| Production | Bernard Sofronski | Producer |
| Production | Linda Yellen | Producer |
| Sound | Brad Fiedel | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Arthur J. Ornitz | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jay Freund | Editor |
| Production | Lynn Kressel | Casting |
| Art | Robert Gundlach | Art Direction |
| Art | Gary Jones | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruth Morley | Costume Design |
