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.
Cast
Fania Fenelon
Alma Rose
Mala
Olga
Etalina
Elzvieta
Paulette
Katrina
Charlotte
Varya
Shmuel
Michou
Frau Schmidt
Marianne
Giselle
Dr. Josef Mengele
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Tchiakowska
Commandant Kramer
Esther
Woman on train
Liesle
Berta
Greta
Asthmatic Man
Boy Scout
First Chessplayer
Second Chess Player
Polish Woman
Tattooer
Blockawa
Canadian Girl
Ladislaus
Ladislaus' Mother
Edek
SS Officer
British Radio Man
SS Sergeant
German Trooper
The Executioner
Nazi Officer (uncredited)
Rose's Husband (uncredited)
Prisoner (uncredited)
Crew
Art
Art direction
Set decoration
Camera
Costume and make-up
Costume design
Directing
Director
Director
Editing
Editor
Production
Associate producer
Casting
Producer
Producer
Producer
Sound
Original music composer
Writing
Writer
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