Playing for Time
1980 · Movie · 2h 30m
DramaMusicHistoryMade-for-TV
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
Key crew
- Daniel MannDirector
- Joseph SargentDirector
- Arthur MillerWriter
- Brad FiedelOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Vanessa RedgraveFania Fenelon
- Jane AlexanderAlma Rose
- Maud AdamsMala
- Christine BaranskiOlga
- Robin BartlettEtalina
- Marisa BerensonElzvieta
- Verna BloomPaulette
- Donna HaleyKatrina
- Lenore HarrisCharlotte
- Mady KaplanVarya
- Will LeeShmuel
- Anna ThomsonMichou
Stills
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Themes
concentration campworld war iiauschwitz-birkenau concentration camporchestrabased on memoir or autobiography