
Feature film — 1980
Playing for Time (1980)
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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A high-signal pick with 60 votes.
Szygzy Productions
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Director: Daniel Mann
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Cast & crew

Vanessa Redgrave
Fania Fenelon

Jane Alexander
Alma Rose

Maud Adams
Mala

Christine Baranski
Olga

Robin Bartlett
Etalina

Marisa Berenson
Elzvieta

Verna Bloom
Paulette
Donna Haley
Katrina

Lenore Harris
Charlotte
Mady Kaplan
Varya

Will Lee
Shmuel

Anna Thomson
Michou
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