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
Maud Adams
as Mala
Max Wright
as Dr. Josef Mengele
Marta Heflin
as Esther
John Griesemer
as German Trooper
Jeffrey Marcus
as Rose's Husband (uncredited)
Anna Thomson
as Michou
Tom Everett
as Second Chess Player
Jane Alexander
as Alma Rose
Christine Baranski
as Olga
Shirley Knight
as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Robin Bartlett
as Etalina
Viveca Lindfors
as Frau Schmidt
Melanie Mayron
as Marianne
Zvee Scooler
as First Chessplayer
Rick Washburn
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Marisa Berenson
as Elzvieta
Clarence Felder
as Commandant Kramer
Verna Bloom
as Paulette
Vanessa Redgrave
as Fania Fenelon
Lenore Harris
as Charlotte
Will Lee
as Shmuel
Elaine Bromka
as Tchiakowska
