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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.

Date: 09/30/1980
Rating: 6.9
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

Vanessa Redgrave as Fania Fenelon in Playing for Time Vanessa Redgrave

Jane Alexander as Alma Rose in Playing for Time Jane Alexander

Maud Adams as Mala in Playing for Time Maud Adams

Christine Baranski as Olga in Playing for Time Christine Baranski

Robin Bartlett as Etalina in Playing for Time Robin Bartlett

Marisa Berenson as Elzvieta in Playing for Time Marisa Berenson

Verna Bloom as Paulette in Playing for Time Verna Bloom

Donna Haley

Lenore Harris as Charlotte in Playing for Time Lenore Harris

Mady Kaplan

Will Lee as Shmuel in Playing for Time Will Lee

Anna Thomson as Michou in Playing for Time Anna Thomson

Viveca Lindfors as Frau Schmidt in Playing for Time Viveca Lindfors

Melanie Mayron as Marianne in Playing for Time Melanie Mayron

Marcell Rosenblatt

Max Wright as Dr. Josef Mengele in Playing for Time Max Wright

Shirley Knight as Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel in Playing for Time Shirley Knight

Elaine Bromka as Tchiakowska in Playing for Time Elaine Bromka

Clarence Felder as Commandant Kramer in Playing for Time Clarence Felder

Marta Heflin as Esther in Playing for Time Marta Heflin

Martha Schlamme

Faith Catlin

Dorothy Sherwood

Grace Stover

Sidney Sandness

Thomas La Fleur

Zvee Scooler as First Chessplayer in Playing for Time Zvee Scooler

Tom Everett as Second Chess Player in Playing for Time 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 as Rose's Husband (uncredited) in Playing for Time Jeffrey Marcus

Rick Washburn as Prisoner (uncredited) in Playing for Time Rick Washburn

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