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Playing for Time( 1980)

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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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      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)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • concentration camp
    • world war ii
    • auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
    • orchestra
    • based on memoir or autobiography