Playing for Time
1980 | 150m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Fania Fénelon, Arthur Miller |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 30, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Director: | Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent |
| Writer: | Fania Fénelon, Arthur Miller |
| Genres: | Drama, Music, History, TV Movie |
| Keywords | concentration camp, world war ii, auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, orchestra, based on memoir or autobiography |
| Production Companies | Szygzy Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Lenore Harris | Charlotte |
| Mady Kaplan | Varya |
| Will Lee | Shmuel |
| Anna Thomson | Michou |
| Viveca Lindfors | Frau Schmidt |
| Melanie Mayron | Marianne |
| Marcell Rosenblatt | Giselle |
| Max Wright | Dr. Josef Mengele |
| Shirley Knight | Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel |
| Elaine Bromka | Tchiakowska |
| Clarence Felder | Commandant Kramer |
| Marta Heflin | Esther |
| Martha Schlamme | Woman on train |
| Faith Catlin | Liesle |
| Dorothy Sherwood | Berta |
| Grace Stover | Greta |
| Sidney Sandness | Asthmatic Man |
| Thomas La Fleur | Boy Scout |
| Zvee Scooler | First Chessplayer |
| Tom Everett | Second Chess Player |
| Mary Kay Fager | Polish Woman |
| Mary McGonical | Tattooer |
| Phyllis Vanier | Blockawa |
| Monica Merriman | Canadian Girl |
| Robert Lucey | Ladislaus |
| Lorraine Lucey | Ladislaus' Mother |
| Lee Jay Nelson | Edek |
| Robert Dannon | SS Officer |
| Peter Phillips | British Radio Man |
| Spencer Waldron | SS Sergeant |
| John Griesemer | German Trooper |
| Huggy-Bear Ferris | The Executioner |
| Al Butler | Nazi Officer (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Marcus | Rose's Husband (uncredited) |
| Rick Washburn | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Fania Fénelon | Author |
| Arthur J. Ornitz | Director of Photography |
| Jay Freund | Editor |
| Robert Gundlach | Art Direction |
| Gary Jones | Set Decoration |
| Ruth Morley | Costume Design |
| Daniel Mann | Director |
| Joseph Sargent | Director |
| Arthur Miller | Writer |
| Brad Fiedel | Original Music Composer |
| Lynn Kressel | Casting |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John E. Quill | Producer |
| Louise Ramsay | Associate Producer |
| Bernard Sofronski | Producer |
| Linda Yellen | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
|---|
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Trending Position