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69% Critic Match
Playing for Time
6.9 / 10• 1980• 2h 30m•NR• English
DramaMusicHistoryTV Movie
Storyline
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
Lead
Jane Alexander
Alma Rose
Maud Adams
Mala
Christine Baranski
Olga
Robin Bartlett
Etalina
Marisa Berenson
Elzvieta
Verna Bloom
Paulette
DH
Donna Haley
Katrina
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Daniel Mann's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Playing for Time is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
