Playing for Time
Playing for Time
Release: 1980-09-30
·Runtime: 150m
·★ 6.8
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Szygzy Productions
Cast
Elaine Bromka
as Tchiakowska
Clarence Felder
as Commandant Kramer
Vanessa Redgrave
as Fania Fenelon
Marisa Berenson
as Elzvieta
Verna Bloom
as Paulette
Will Lee
as Shmuel
Anna Thomson
as Michou
Shirley Knight
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Rick Washburn
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Viveca Lindfors
as Frau Schmidt
Melanie Mayron
as Marianne
Zvee Scooler
as First Chessplayer
Jeffrey Marcus
as Rose's Husband (uncredited)
Lenore Harris
as Charlotte
John Griesemer
as German Trooper
Maud Adams
as Mala
Christine Baranski
as Olga
Jane Alexander
as Alma Rose
Robin Bartlett
as Etalina
Marta Heflin
as Esther
Tom Everett
as Second Chess Player
Max Wright
as Dr. Josef Mengele
