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.
Year
1980
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
30 September 1980
TMDB
6.9 (59)
CineVerse
— (0)
Ratings
0 fansNo ratings yet.
Vanessa Redgrave
Fania Fenelon
Jane Alexander
Alma Rose
Maud Adams
Mala
Christine Baranski
Olga
Robin Bartlett
Etalina
Marisa Berenson
Elzvieta
Verna Bloom
Paulette
D
Donna Haley
Katrina
Lenore Harris
Charlotte
M
Mady Kaplan
Varya
Will Lee
Shmuel
Anna Thomson
Michou
Viveca Lindfors
Frau Schmidt
Melanie Mayron
Marianne
M
Marcell Rosenblatt
Giselle
Max Wright
Dr. Josef Mengele
Shirley Knight
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Elaine Bromka
Tchiakowska
C
Clarence Felder
Commandant Kramer
Marta Heflin
Esther
M
Martha Schlamme
Woman on train
F
Faith Catlin
Liesle
D
Dorothy Sherwood
Berta
G
Grace Stover
Greta
S
Sidney Sandness
Asthmatic Man
T
Thomas La Fleur
Boy Scout
Zvee Scooler
First Chessplayer
Tom Everett
Second Chess Player
M
Mary Kay Fager
Polish Woman
M
Mary McGonical
Tattooer
P
Phyllis Vanier
Blockawa
M
Monica Merriman
Canadian Girl
R
Robert Lucey
Ladislaus
L
Lorraine Lucey
Ladislaus' Mother
L
Lee Jay Nelson
Edek
R
Robert Dannon
SS Officer
P
Peter Phillips
British Radio Man
S
Spencer Waldron
SS Sergeant
John Griesemer
German Trooper
H
Huggy-Bear Ferris
The Executioner
A
Al Butler
Nazi Officer (uncredited)
J
Jeffrey Marcus
Rose's Husband (uncredited)
Rick Washburn
Prisoner (uncredited)
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