Playing for Time

Overview

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.

Directed by Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent

Top cast

Vanessa Redgrave

Fania Fenelon

Jane Alexander

Alma Rose

Maud Adams

Mala

Christine Baranski

Olga

Robin Bartlett

Etalina

Marisa Berenson

Elzvieta

Verna Bloom

Paulette

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Donna Haley

Katrina

Lenore Harris

Charlotte

M

Mady Kaplan

Varya

Will Lee

Shmuel

Anna Thomson

Michou

Viveca Lindfors

Frau Schmidt

Melanie Mayron

Marianne

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Marcell Rosenblatt

Giselle

Max Wright

Dr. Josef Mengele

Shirley Knight

Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Elaine Bromka

Tchiakowska

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Clarence Felder

Commandant Kramer

Marta Heflin

Esther

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