1980
6.9 (53 votes)
2h 30m
Genres
Drama
Music
History
TV Movie
Production Companies
Szygzy Productions
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.
Key Crew
Director: Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent
Writer: Arthur Miller
Producer: John E. Quill, Bernard Sofronski, Linda Yellen
Director of Photography: Arthur J. Ornitz
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
Donna Haley
Katrina
