Sep 30, 1980
150 min
Full-HD

Playing for Time (1980)

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.

Category

Drama Music History TV Movie

Country

United States of America

Companies

Szygzy Productions

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

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