• 1980
  • 2h 30m
Playing for Time

Summary Female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp (Auschwitz) are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors. View more details

  • 1980
  • 2h 30m

Playing for Time

Directed : Joseph Sargent Daniel Mann

Written : Arthur Miller Fania Fénelon

Stars : Maud Adams Jane Alexander Vanessa Redgrave Christine Baranski

All cast & crew

7.3

Details

Genres : Drama Music

Release date : Sep 29, 1980

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English German French

Filming locations : Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, Pennsylvania, USA

Production companies : Szygzy Productions

Summary Female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp (Auschwitz) are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama Music

Release date : Sep 29, 1980

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English German French

Filming locations : Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, Pennsylvania, USA

Production companies : Szygzy Productions

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Robin Bartlett in Playing for Time (1980) Verna Bloom at an event for Playing for Time (1980) Playing for Time (1980) Playing for Time (1980) Mady Kaplan in Playing for Time (1980) Andrew J. Arnold in Playing for Time (1980) Andrew J. Arnold in Playing for Time (1980) Vanessa Redgrave, Robin Bartlett, and Marisa Berenson in Playing for Time (1980) Vanessa Redgrave, Robin Bartlett, and Marisa Berenson in Playing for Time (1980) Christine Baranski, Marcell Rosenblatt, and Grace Stover in Playing for Time (1980) Jane Alexander, Anna Thomson, Marcell Rosenblatt, and Grace Stover in Playing for Time (1980) Playing for Time Linda Yellen at an event for Playing for Time (1980)
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