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Playing for Time(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-09-30
69%
53 Votes
Time: 2h 30m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Szygzy Productions
Movie: Playing for Time
Top 10 Billed Cast
Vanessa Redgrave
Fania Fenelon
Jane Alexander
Alma Rose
Maud Adams
Mala
Christine Baranski
Olga
Robin Bartlett
Etalina
Marisa Berenson
Elzvieta
Verna Bloom
Paulette
Lenore Harris
Charlotte
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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.
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1980-09-30
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