Playing for Time
Drama
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.
1980-09-30
en
Cast
Director
Daniel Mann
Director
Joseph Sargent
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
Lenore Harris as Charlotte
Will Lee as Shmuel
Anna Thomson as Michou
Viveca Lindfors as Frau Schmidt
Melanie Mayron as Marianne
Max Wright as Dr. Josef Mengele
Shirley Knight as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Elaine Bromka as Tchiakowska
Marta Heflin as Esther
Zvee Scooler as First Chessplayer
Tom Everett as Second Chess Player
John Griesemer as German Trooper
Rick Washburn as Prisoner (uncredited)