Playing for Time (1980)

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.

Directed by: Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent
Top Billed Cast: Grace Stover, Monica Merriman, Mary Kay Fager
Runtime: 150 minutes
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Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
Fania Fenelon
Jane Alexander
Jane Alexander
Alma Rose
Maud Adams
Maud Adams
Mala
Christine Baranski
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Olga
Robin Bartlett
Robin Bartlett
Etalina
Marisa Berenson
Marisa Berenson
Elzvieta
Verna Bloom
Verna Bloom
Paulette
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Donna Haley
Katrina
Lenore Harris
Lenore Harris
Charlotte
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Mady Kaplan
Varya
Will Lee
Will Lee
Shmuel
Anna Thomson
Anna Thomson
Michou
Viveca Lindfors
Viveca Lindfors
Frau Schmidt
Melanie Mayron
Melanie Mayron
Marianne
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Marcell Rosenblatt
Giselle
Max Wright
Max Wright
Dr. Josef Mengele
Shirley Knight
Shirley Knight
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Elaine Bromka
Elaine Bromka
Tchiakowska
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Clarence Felder
Commandant Kramer
Marta Heflin
Marta Heflin
Esther
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Martha Schlamme
Woman on train
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Faith Catlin
Liesle
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Dorothy Sherwood
Berta
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Grace Stover
Greta
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Sidney Sandness
Asthmatic Man
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Thomas La Fleur
Boy Scout
Zvee Scooler
Zvee Scooler
First Chessplayer
Tom Everett
Tom Everett
Second Chess Player
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Mary Kay Fager
Polish Woman
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Mary McGonical
Tattooer
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Phyllis Vanier
Blockawa
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Monica Merriman
Canadian Girl
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Robert Lucey
Ladislaus
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Lorraine Lucey
Ladislaus' Mother
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Lee Jay Nelson
Edek
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Robert Dannon
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