Playing for Time (1980)

Playing for Time
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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
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
Lenore Harris
as Charlotte
Will Lee
as Shmuel
Anna Thomson
as Michou
Viveca Lindfors
as Frau Schmidt
Melanie Mayron
as Marianne
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
Zvee Scooler
as First Chessplayer
Tom Everett
as Second Chess Player
John Griesemer
as German Trooper
Jeffrey Marcus
as Rose's Husband (uncredited)
Rick Washburn
as Prisoner (uncredited)

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