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movie Playing for Time (1980)

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Title: Playing for Time

Genre: Drama,Music,History,TV Movie

Director: Daniel Mann,Joseph Sargent

Cast: Vanessa Redgrave,Jane Alexander,Maud Adams,Christine Baranski,Robin Bartlett,Marisa Berenson,Verna Bloom,Donna Haley,Lenore Harris,Mady Kaplan,Will Lee,Anna Thomson,Viveca Lindfors,Melanie Mayron,Marcell Rosenblatt,Max Wright,Shirley Knight,Elaine Bromka,Clarence Felder,Marta Heflin,Martha Schlamme,Faith Catlin,Dorothy Sherwood,Grace Stover,Sidney Sandness,Thomas La Fleur,Zvee Scooler,Tom Everett,Mary Kay Fager,Mary McGonical,Phyllis Vanier,Monica Merriman,Robert Lucey,Lorraine Lucey,Lee Jay Nelson,Robert Dannon,Peter Phillips,Spencer Waldron,John Griesemer,Huggy-Bear Ferris,Al Butler,Jeffrey Marcus,Rick Washburn

Status: Released

Release: 1980-09-30

Runtime: 150

Plot: 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.

Cast Crew

    • Vanessa Redgrave

      Fania Fenelon

    • Jane Alexander

      Alma Rose

    • Maud Adams

      Mala

    • Christine Baranski

      Olga

    • Robin Bartlett

      Etalina

    • Marisa Berenson

      Elzvieta

    • Verna Bloom

      Paulette

    • Donna Haley

      Katrina

    • Lenore Harris

      Charlotte

    • Mady Kaplan

      Varya

    • Will Lee

      Shmuel

    • Anna Thomson

      Michou

    • Viveca Lindfors

      Frau Schmidt

    • Melanie Mayron

      Marianne

    • Marcell Rosenblatt

      Giselle

    • Max Wright

      Dr. Josef Mengele

    • Shirley Knight

      Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

    • Elaine Bromka

      Tchiakowska

    • Clarence Felder

      Commandant Kramer

    • Marta Heflin

      Esther

    • Martha Schlamme

      Woman on train

    • Faith Catlin

      Liesle

    • Dorothy Sherwood

      Berta

    • Grace Stover

      Greta

    • Sidney Sandness

      Asthmatic Man

    • Thomas La Fleur

      Boy Scout

    • Zvee Scooler

      First Chessplayer

    • Tom Everett

      Second Chess Player

    • Mary Kay Fager

      Polish Woman

    • Mary McGonical

      Tattooer
    More…

    • Arthur J. Ornitz (Camera)

      Director of Photography

    • Fania Fénelon (Writing)

      Author

    • Gary Jones (Art)

      Set Decoration

    • Ruth Morley (Costume & Make-Up)

      Costume Design

    • Linda Yellen (Production)

      Producer

    • Jay Freund (Editing)

      Editor

    • Joseph Sargent (Directing)

      Director

    • Lynn Kressel (Production)

      Casting

    • Arthur Miller (Writing)

      Writer

    • Daniel Mann (Directing)

      Director

    • John E. Quill (Production)

      Producer

    • Brad Fiedel (Sound)

      Original Music Composer

    • Louise Ramsay (Production)

      Associate Producer

    • Robert Gundlach (Art)

      Art Direction

    • Bernard Sofronski (Production)

      Producer
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This 1980 movie is a true classic. It stars Vanessa Redgrave as a talented Jewess pianist who is arrested by the Nazis in 1939, and transported via cattle car to Auschwitz concentration camp. Once there she is pressed into assuming the role of conductor for the camp orchestra. She does it in order to survive and to wait the war out, hence the name of the movie.
It is highly realistic and does not attempt to sugar coat the true story of what went on there. This movie demonstrates both the best and worst of our human nature. It is well worth watching and runs about 2 hours long.
 
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