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.
Directors: Joseph Sargent, Daniel Mann.
Vanessa Redgrave Fania Fenelon |
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Jane Alexander Alma Rose |
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Maud Adams Mala |
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Christine Baranski Olga |
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Robin Bartlett Etalina |
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Marisa Berenson Elzvieta |
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Verna Bloom Paulette |
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Donna Haley Katrina |
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Lenore Harris Charlotte |
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Mady Kaplan Varya |
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Will Lee Shmuel |
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Anna Thomson Michou |
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Viveca Lindfors Frau Schmidt |
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Melanie Mayron Marianne |
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Marcell Rosenblatt Giselle |
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Max Wright Dr. Josef Mengele |
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Shirley Knight Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel |
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Elaine Bromka Tchiakowska |
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Clarence Felder Commandant Kramer |
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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 |
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Zvee Scooler First Chessplayer |
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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 SS Officer |
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Peter Phillips British Radio Man |
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Spencer Waldron SS Sergeant |
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John Griesemer German Trooper |
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Huggy-Bear Ferris The Executioner |
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Al Butler Nazi Officer (uncredited) |
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Jeffrey Marcus Rose's Husband (uncredited) |
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Rick Washburn Prisoner (uncredited) |
Costume & Make-Up | Ruth Morley | Costume Design |
Sound | Brad Fiedel | Original Music Composer |
Directing | Joseph Sargent | Director |
Production | Lynn Kressel | Casting |
Camera | Arthur J. Ornitz | Director of Photography |
Writing | Arthur Miller | Writer |
Production | John E. Quill | Producer |
Directing | Daniel Mann | Director |
Production | Bernard Sofronski | Producer |
Production | Linda Yellen | Producer |
Editing | Jay Freund | Editor |
Art | Robert Gundlach | Art Direction |
Production | Louise Ramsay | Associate Producer |
Writing | Fania Fénelon | Author |
Art | Gary Jones | Set Decoration |