Playing for Time
1980When 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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Vanessa Redgrave
as Fania Fenelon
Jane Alexander
as Alma Rose
Maud Adams
as Mala
Christine Baranski
as Olga
Robin Bartlett
as Etalina
Marisa Berenson
as Elzvieta
Verna Bloom
as Paulette
Donna Haley
as Katrina
Lenore Harris
as Charlotte
Mady Kaplan
as Varya
Will Lee
as Shmuel
Anna Thomson
as Michou
Viveca Lindfors
as Frau Schmidt
Melanie Mayron
as Marianne
Marcell Rosenblatt
as Giselle
Max Wright
as Dr. Josef Mengele
Shirley Knight
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Elaine Bromka
as Tchiakowska
Clarence Felder
as Commandant Kramer
Marta Heflin
as Esther
Martha Schlamme
as Woman on train
Faith Catlin
as Liesle
Dorothy Sherwood
as Berta
Grace Stover
as Greta
Sidney Sandness
as Asthmatic Man
Thomas La Fleur
as Boy Scout
Zvee Scooler
as First Chessplayer
Tom Everett
as Second Chess Player
Mary Kay Fager
as Polish Woman
Mary McGonical
as Tattooer
Phyllis Vanier
as Blockawa
Monica Merriman
as Canadian Girl
Robert Lucey
as Ladislaus
Lorraine Lucey
as Ladislaus' Mother
Lee Jay Nelson
as Edek
Robert Dannon
as SS Officer
Peter Phillips
as British Radio Man
Spencer Waldron
as SS Sergeant
John Griesemer
as German Trooper
Huggy-Bear Ferris
as The Executioner
Al Butler
as Nazi Officer (uncredited)
Jeffrey Marcus
as Rose's Husband (uncredited)
Rick Washburn
as Prisoner (uncredited)