Playing for Time (1980)
2h 30m
Running Time
September 30, 1980Release Date
Playing for Time (1980)
2h 30m
Running Time
September 30, 1980Release Date
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.


Currently Playing for Time is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Filmin, Amazon Prime Video
Streaming in:🇪🇸 Spain
Cast & Crew.

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

Lenore Harris
Charlotte

Mady Kaplan
Varya

Will Lee
Shmuel

Anna Thomson
Michou

Viveca Lindfors
Frau Schmidt

Melanie Mayron
Marianne

Marcell Rosenblatt
Giselle

Max Wright
Dr. Josef Mengele

Shirley Knight
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Elaine Bromka
Tchiakowska

Clarence Felder
Commandant Kramer

Ralph Rosenblum
Editor

Marta Heflin
Esther

Martha Schlamme
Woman on train

Faith Catlin
Liesle

Dorothy Sherwood
Berta

Grace Stover
Greta

Sidney Sandness
Asthmatic Man

Thomas La Fleur
Boy Scout

Zvee Scooler
First Chessplayer

Tom Everett
Second Chess Player

Mary Kay Fager
Polish Woman

Mary McGonical
Tattooer

Phyllis Vanier
Blockawa

Monica Merriman
Canadian Girl

Robert Lucey
Ladislaus

Lorraine Lucey
Ladislaus' Mother

Lee Jay Nelson
Edek

Robert Dannon
SS Officer

Peter Phillips
British Radio Man

Spencer Waldron
SS Sergeant

John Griesemer
German Trooper

Huggy-Bear Ferris
The Executioner

Al Butler
Nazi Officer (uncredited)

Jeffrey Marcus
Rose's Husband (uncredited)

Rick Washburn
Prisoner (uncredited)

Daniel Mann
Director

Joseph Sargent
Director

Arthur Miller
Writer

Fania Fénelon
Author
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
concentration camp
world war ii
auschwitz
orchestra
based on memoir or autobiography
Wiki.
Playing for Time is a 1980 CBS television film, written by Arthur Miller and based on musician Fania Fénelon's autobiography The Musicians of Auschwitz. Vanessa Redgrave stars as Fénelon.
Playing for Time was based on Fénelon's experience as a female prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp, where she and a group of classical musicians were spared in return for performing music for their captors. The film was later adapted as a play by Miller.
This was the last film of director Daniel Mann. Parts of the film were directed by Joseph Sargent, but only Mann was credited as director.
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