Playing for Time

Playing for Time by Daniel Mann

6.90

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

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave as Fania Fenelon

Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander as Alma Rose

Maud Adams

Maud Adams as Mala

Christine Baranski

Christine Baranski as Olga

Robin Bartlett

Robin Bartlett as Etalina

Marisa Berenson

Marisa Berenson as Elzvieta

Verna Bloom

Verna Bloom as Paulette

Donna Haley

Donna Haley as Katrina

Lenore Harris

Lenore Harris as Charlotte

Mady Kaplan

Mady Kaplan as Varya

Will Lee

Will Lee as Shmuel

Anna Thomson

Anna Thomson as Michou

Viveca Lindfors

Viveca Lindfors as Frau Schmidt

Melanie Mayron

Melanie Mayron as Marianne

Marcell Rosenblatt

Marcell Rosenblatt as Giselle

Max Wright

Max Wright as Dr. Josef Mengele

Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Elaine Bromka

Elaine Bromka as Tchiakowska

Clarence Felder

Clarence Felder as Commandant Kramer

Marta Heflin

Marta Heflin as Esther

Martha Schlamme

Martha Schlamme as Woman on train

Faith Catlin

Faith Catlin as Liesle

Dorothy Sherwood

Dorothy Sherwood as Berta

Grace Stover

Grace Stover as Greta

Sidney Sandness

Sidney Sandness as Asthmatic Man

Thomas La Fleur

Thomas La Fleur as Boy Scout

Zvee Scooler

Zvee Scooler as First Chessplayer

Tom Everett

Tom Everett as Second Chess Player

Mary Kay Fager

Mary Kay Fager as Polish Woman

Mary McGonical

Mary McGonical as Tattooer

Phyllis Vanier

Phyllis Vanier as Blockawa

Monica Merriman

Monica Merriman as Canadian Girl

Robert Lucey

Robert Lucey as Ladislaus

Lorraine Lucey

Lorraine Lucey as Ladislaus' Mother

Lee Jay Nelson

Lee Jay Nelson as Edek

Robert Dannon

Robert Dannon as SS Officer

Peter Phillips

Peter Phillips as British Radio Man

Spencer Waldron

Spencer Waldron as SS Sergeant

John Griesemer

John Griesemer as German Trooper

Huggy-Bear Ferris

Huggy-Bear Ferris as The Executioner

Al Butler

Al Butler as Nazi Officer (uncredited)

Jeffrey Marcus

Jeffrey Marcus as Rose's Husband (uncredited)

Rick Washburn

Rick Washburn as Prisoner (uncredited)

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