![Playing for Time](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original//nb5lL5hmpcAAnORdFvvNUsoeBE2.jpg)
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Playing for Time
2 hours 30 minutes1980-09-30
7.0
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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.
Cast
![Vanessa Redgrave](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5hZQCw25juHi0Q9oLP9RBsUZgZA.jpg)
Vanessa Redgrave
Fania Fenelon
![Jane Alexander](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5nWLBhNH6tQGVskI89J45C7LU2o.jpg)
Jane Alexander
Alma Rose
![Maud Adams](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iJMwjbngYgfh4LELSV8HPI9QeJT.jpg)
Maud Adams
Mala
![Christine Baranski](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//x6jNFlGrzaM0LwK2GsxBNdCN41N.jpg)
Christine Baranski
Olga
![Robin Bartlett](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bZS5omu7ZVmSQboNQZ999PrUXAj.jpg)
Robin Bartlett
Etalina
![Marisa Berenson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8ewgx431zb6rmVci58nhjXmJofd.jpg)
Marisa Berenson
Elzvieta
![Verna Bloom](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//AsQxTe2jB6c4E337U5ncXUOCOww.jpg)
Verna Bloom
Paulette
![Donna Haley](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Donna Haley
Katrina
![Lenore Harris](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//z04JSDA30jVyHZvNMEEOyVihPaP.jpg)
Lenore Harris
Charlotte
![Mady Kaplan](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mady Kaplan
Varya
![Will Lee](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//s4krAt6FVjIss0rU3MYqDLKvsGa.jpg)
Will Lee
Shmuel
![Anna Thomson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nPfRKSUjXvzmL010P4HARYNNf6f.jpg)
Anna Thomson
Michou
![Viveca Lindfors](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5gs8qdR66iRG60hX3kmRTvP2AWF.jpg)
Viveca Lindfors
Frau Schmidt
![Melanie Mayron](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//p2dBLbvDR0tg1JyB7S27YPJ7lNo.jpg)
Melanie Mayron
Marianne
![Marcell Rosenblatt](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Marcell Rosenblatt
Giselle
![Max Wright](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bM0yC42RbFCSUWITFGVdiojn7ba.jpg)
Max Wright
Dr. Josef Mengele
![Shirley Knight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5m1S3lOEP79hq10IODqEIfDPa1T.jpg)
Shirley Knight
Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel
![Elaine Bromka](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5n364pzrCF5bcNCLP1ku3OUUVeH.jpg)
Elaine Bromka
Tchiakowska
![Clarence Felder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vzTNlKkS6CqGV58mmGCPGxuOByk.jpg)
Clarence Felder
Commandant Kramer
![Marta Heflin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hoYLkiq94jnUaemqNo0C5zgSsPv.jpg)
Marta Heflin
Esther
![Martha Schlamme](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Martha Schlamme
Woman on train
![Faith Catlin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Faith Catlin
Liesle
![Dorothy Sherwood](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Dorothy Sherwood
Berta
![Grace Stover](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Grace Stover
Greta
![Sidney Sandness](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Sidney Sandness
Asthmatic Man
![Thomas La Fleur](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Thomas La Fleur
Boy Scout
![Zvee Scooler](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7TZEk5PdBgYxzZsRq7g0WPWKWUf.jpg)
Zvee Scooler
First Chessplayer
![Tom Everett](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lJIlLkadJ62eRai5BRgmmyObeiC.jpg)
Tom Everett
Second Chess Player
![Mary Kay Fager](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mary Kay Fager
Polish Woman
![Mary McGonical](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mary McGonical
Tattooer
![Phyllis Vanier](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Phyllis Vanier
Blockawa
![Monica Merriman](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Monica Merriman
Canadian Girl
![Robert Lucey](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Robert Lucey
Ladislaus
![Lorraine Lucey](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Lorraine Lucey
Ladislaus' Mother
![Lee Jay Nelson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Lee Jay Nelson
Edek
![Robert Dannon](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Robert Dannon
SS Officer
![Peter Phillips](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Peter Phillips
British Radio Man
![Spencer Waldron](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Spencer Waldron
SS Sergeant
![John Griesemer](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John Griesemer
German Trooper
![Huggy-Bear Ferris](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Huggy-Bear Ferris
The Executioner
![Al Butler](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Al Butler
Nazi Officer (uncredited)
![Jeffrey Marcus](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//s4eLYSdP9RhuURZWqMG203NhKtE.jpg)
Jeffrey Marcus
Rose's Husband (uncredited)
![Rick Washburn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oPRHqlIoMYeLfvnlinQ5TVh4uL7.jpg)