Movie
Playing for Time
Released: September 30, 1980 (1980)
Runtime: 150 minutes
Genres: Drama, Music, History, TV Movie
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Vanessa Redgrave as Fania Fenelon
Age at release: 43
- Verna Bloom as Paulette
Age at release: 42
- Jane Alexander as Alma Rose
Age at release: 40
- Maud Adams as Mala
Age at release: 35
- Marisa Berenson as Elzvieta
Age at release: 33
- Robin Bartlett as Etalina
Age at release: 29
- Christine Baranski as Olga
Age at release: 28
- Mady Kaplan as Varya
Age at release: 24
- Donna Haley as Katrina
Age at release: Unknown
- Lenore Harris as Charlotte
Age at release: Unknown
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- Zvee Scooler as First Chessplayer
Age at release: 80
- Will Lee as Shmuel
Age at release: 72
- Viveca Lindfors as Frau Schmidt
Age at release: 59
- Shirley Knight as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
Age at release: 44
- Clarence Felder as Commandant Kramer
Age at release: 42
- Max Wright as Dr. Josef Mengele
Age at release: 37
- Marta Heflin as Esther
Age at release: 35
- Tom Everett as Second Chess Player
Age at release: 31
- Elaine Bromka as Tchiakowska
Age at release: 30
- Anna Thomson as Michou
Age at release: 27
- Marcell Rosenblatt as Giselle
Age at release: Unknown
- Martha Schlamme as Woman on train
Age at release: Unknown
- Faith Catlin as Liesle
Age at release: Unknown
- Dorothy Sherwood as Berta
Age at release: Unknown
- Grace Stover as Greta
Age at release: Unknown
- Sidney Sandness as Asthmatic Man
Age at release: Unknown
- Thomas La Fleur as Boy Scout
Age at release: Unknown
- Mary Kay Fager as Polish Woman
Age at release: Unknown
- Mary McGonical as Tattooer
Age at release: Unknown
- Phyllis Vanier as Blockawa
Age at release: Unknown