Playing for Time

1980, drama, history, music

150 minutes

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

Vanessa Redgrave

Fania Fenelon

Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

Alma Rose

Maud Adams

Maud Adams

Mala

Robin Bartlett

Etalina

Marisa Berenson

Marisa Berenson

Elzvieta

Anna Thomson

Anna Thomson

Michou

Verna Bloom

Verna Bloom

Paulette

Donna Haley

Katrina

Lenore Harris

Lenore Harris

Charlotte

Mady Kaplan

Varya

Will Lee

Shmuel

Viveca Lindfors

Viveca Lindfors

Frau Schmidt

Melanie Mayron

Melanie Mayron

Marianne

Max Wright

Dr. Mengele

Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Elaine Bromka

Tchiakowska

Clarence Felder

Commandant Kramer

Marta Heflin

Marta Heflin

Esther

Crew

Art

Robert Gundlach

Art direction

Gary Jones

Set decoration

Camera

Costume and make-up

Ruth Morley

Costume design

Directing

Joseph Sargent

Joseph Sargent

Director

Daniel Mann

Director

Editing

Jay Freund

Editor

Production

Louise Ramsay

Associate producer

Lynn Kressel

Casting

John E. Quill

Producer

Linda Yellen

Producer

Sound

Brad Fiedel

Brad Fiedel

Original music composer

Writing

Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

Writer

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