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    Playing for Time

    150'

    1980-09-30

    6.9

    Drama,Music,History,TV Movie

    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.

    DirectingDaniel MannWritingArthur Miller

    Cast

    2

    Fania Fenelon

    Vanessa Redgrave

    2

    Alma Rose

    Jane Alexander

    2

    Mala

    Maud Adams

    4

    Olga

    Christine Baranski

    2

    Etalina

    Robin Bartlett

    1

    Elzvieta

    Marisa Berenson

    1

    Paulette

    Verna Bloom

    1

    Katrina

    Donna Haley

    1

    Charlotte

    Lenore Harris

    1

    Varya

    Mady Kaplan

    1

    Shmuel

    Will Lee

    2

    Michou

    Anna Thomson

    2

    Frau Schmidt

    Viveca Lindfors

    1

    Marianne

    Melanie Mayron

    1

    Giselle

    Marcell Rosenblatt

    1

    Dr. Josef Mengele

    Max Wright

    1

    Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

    Shirley Knight

    1

    Tchiakowska

    Elaine Bromka

    1

    Commandant Kramer

    Clarence Felder

    1

    Esther

    Marta Heflin

    1

    Woman on train

    Martha Schlamme

    1

    Liesle

    Faith Catlin

    1

    Berta

    Dorothy Sherwood

    1

    Greta

    Grace Stover

    1

    Asthmatic Man

    Sidney Sandness

    1

    Boy Scout

    Thomas La Fleur

    1

    First Chessplayer

    Zvee Scooler

    1

    Second Chess Player

    Tom Everett

    1

    Polish Woman

    Mary Kay Fager

    1

    Tattooer

    Mary McGonical

    1

    Blockawa

    Phyllis Vanier

    1

    Canadian Girl

    Monica Merriman

    1

    Ladislaus

    Robert Lucey

    1

    Ladislaus' Mother

    Lorraine Lucey

    1

    Edek

    Lee Jay Nelson

    1

    SS Officer

    Robert Dannon

    1

    British Radio Man

    Peter Phillips

    1

    SS Sergeant

    Spencer Waldron

    1

    German Trooper

    John Griesemer

    1

    The Executioner

    Huggy-Bear Ferris

    1

    Nazi Officer (uncredited)

    Al Butler

    1

    Rose's Husband (uncredited)

    Jeffrey Marcus

    1

    Prisoner (uncredited)

    Rick Washburn

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Szygzy Productions
    • Vote Count: 60
    • Popularity: 0.8905
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Playing for Time

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