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Playing for Time
1980
2h 30m
6.9(53 votes)
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History
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Overview

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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43 members
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Vanessa Redgrave

Fania Fenelon

Vanessa Redgrave
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Jane Alexander

Alma Rose

Jane Alexander
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Maud Adams

Mala

Maud Adams
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Christine Baranski

Olga

Christine Baranski
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Robin Bartlett

Etalina

Robin Bartlett
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Marisa Berenson

Elzvieta

Marisa Berenson
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Verna Bloom

Paulette

Verna Bloom
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Donna Haley

Katrina

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Lenore Harris

Charlotte

Lenore Harris
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Mady Kaplan

Varya

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Will Lee

Shmuel

Will Lee
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Anna Thomson

Michou

Anna Thomson
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Viveca Lindfors

Frau Schmidt

Viveca Lindfors
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Melanie Mayron

Marianne

Melanie Mayron
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Marcell Rosenblatt

Giselle

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Max Wright

Dr. Josef Mengele

Max Wright
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Shirley Knight

Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Shirley Knight
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Elaine Bromka

Tchiakowska

Elaine Bromka
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Clarence Felder

Commandant Kramer

Clarence Felder
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Marta Heflin

Esther

Marta Heflin
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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

Zvee Scooler
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Tom Everett

Second Chess Player

Tom Everett
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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

John Griesemer
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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)

Jeffrey Marcus
Acting

Rick Washburn

Prisoner (uncredited)

Rick Washburn

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