

Playing for Time
2 hours 30 minutes1980-09-30
6.9
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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

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

Viveca Lindfors
Frau Schmidt

Melanie Mayron
Marianne

Marcell Rosenblatt
Giselle

Max Wright
Dr. Josef Mengele

Shirley Knight
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Elaine Bromka
Tchiakowska

Clarence Felder
Commandant Kramer

Marta Heflin
Esther

Martha Schlamme
Woman on train

Faith Catlin
Liesle

Dorothy Sherwood
Berta

Grace Stover
Greta

Sidney Sandness
Asthmatic Man

Thomas La Fleur
Boy Scout

Zvee Scooler
First Chessplayer

Tom Everett
Second Chess Player

Mary Kay Fager
Polish Woman

Mary McGonical
Tattooer

Phyllis Vanier
Blockawa

Monica Merriman
Canadian Girl

Robert Lucey
Ladislaus

Lorraine Lucey
Ladislaus' Mother

Lee Jay Nelson
Edek

Robert Dannon
SS Officer

Peter Phillips
British Radio Man

Spencer Waldron
SS Sergeant

John Griesemer
German Trooper

Huggy-Bear Ferris
The Executioner

Al Butler
Nazi Officer (uncredited)

Jeffrey Marcus
Rose's Husband (uncredited)
