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Playing for Time
Release Date: September 30, 1980
| Year | : | 1980 |
| Slogan | : | «» |
| Genres | : | Drama, Music, History, TV Movie |
| Production Companies | : | Szygzy Productions |
| Director | : | Joseph Sargent, Daniel Mann |
| Producers | : | Lynn Kressel, John E. Quill, Bernard Sofronski, Linda Yellen, Louise Ramsay |
| Writers | : | Arthur Miller, Fania Fénelon |
| RunTime | : | 150 mins. |
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.
Main Actors
Vanessa Redgrave
Character : Fania Fenelon
Jane Alexander
Character : Alma Rose
Maud Adams
Character : Mala
Christine Baranski
Character : Olga
Robin Bartlett
Character : Etalina
Marisa Berenson
Character : Elzvieta
Verna Bloom
Character : Paulette
Donna Haley
Character : Katrina
Lenore Harris
Character : Charlotte
Mady Kaplan
Character : Varya
Will Lee
Character : Shmuel
Anna Levine Thomson
Character : Michou
Viveca Lindfors
Character : Frau Schmidt
Melanie Mayron
Character : Marianne
Marcell Rosenblatt
Character : Giselle
Max Wright
Character : Dr. Josef Mengele
Shirley Knight
Character : Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Elaine Bromka
Character : Tchiakowska
Clarence Felder
Character : Commandant Kramer
Marta Heflin
Character : Esther
Martha Schlamme
Character : Woman on train
Faith Catlin
Character : Liesle
Dorothy Sherwood
Character : Berta
Grace Stover
Character : Greta
Sidney Sandness
Character : Asthmatic Man
Thomas La Fleur
Character : Boy Scout
Zvee Scooler
Character : First Chessplayer
Tom Everett
Character : Second Chess Player
Mary Kay Fager
Character : Polish Woman
Mary McGonical
Character : Tattooer
Phyllis Vanier
Character : Blockawa
Monica Merriman
Character : Canadian Girl
Robert Lucey
Character : Ladislaus
Lorraine Lucey
Character : Ladislaus' Mother
Lee Jay Nelson
Character : Edek
Robert Dannon
Character : SS Officer
Peter Phillips
Character : British Radio Man
Spencer Waldron
Character : SS Sergeant
John Griesemer
Character : German Trooper
Huggy-Bear Ferris
Character : The Executioner
Al Butler
Character : Nazi Officer (uncredited)
Jeffrey Marcus
Character : Rose's Husband (uncredited)
Rick Washburn
Character : Prisoner (uncredited)
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