Playing for Time
7.3
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.
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Cast
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Vanessa Redgrave
Fania Fenelon
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Mission: Impossible
Atonement
Jane Alexander
Alma Rose
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The Ring
Kramer vs. Kramer
Maud Adams
Mala
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Octopussy
Rollerball
Christine Baranski
Olga
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Good Wife
Robin Bartlett
Etalina
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Shutter Island
Inside Llewyn Davis
Marisa Berenson
Elzvieta
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Barry Lyndon
Cabaret
Anna Levine
Michou
Verna Bloom
Paulette
Known for
High Plains Drifter
After Hours
Donna Haley
Katrina
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Law & Order
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Lenore Harris
Charlotte
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Kill Your Darlings
Mady Kaplan
Varya
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The Deer Hunter
The Falcon and the Snowman
Will Lee
Shmuel
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Little Fugitive
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Joseph Sargent Director · Daniel Mann Director Arthur Miller Writer
United States release September 30, 1980 · Produced in United States
Production
Szygzy Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 30, 1980
TV · CBS
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