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Feature film — 1980

Playing for Time (1980)

6.92h 30mDrama — Music — History — TV Movie

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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Szygzy Productions

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Director: Daniel Mann

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Cast & crew

Vanessa Redgrave as Fania Fenelon

Vanessa Redgrave

Fania Fenelon

Jane Alexander as Alma Rose

Jane Alexander

Alma Rose

Maud Adams as Mala

Maud Adams

Mala

Christine Baranski as Olga

Christine Baranski

Olga

Robin Bartlett as Etalina

Robin Bartlett

Etalina

Marisa Berenson as Elzvieta

Marisa Berenson

Elzvieta

Verna Bloom as Paulette

Verna Bloom

Paulette

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Donna Haley

Katrina

Lenore Harris as Charlotte

Lenore Harris

Charlotte

M

Mady Kaplan

Varya

Will Lee as Shmuel

Will Lee

Shmuel

Anna Thomson as Michou

Anna Thomson

Michou

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