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Overview

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Director:
Daniel Mann
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Writers:
Fania Fénelon (autobiography The Musicians of Auschwitz)
Arthur Miller (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
30 September 1980 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp (Auschwitz) are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors. | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
superb performance by Vanessa Redgrave more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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 Levine ... Michou
Viveca Lindfors ... Frau Schmidt
Melanie Mayron ... Marianne
Marcell Rosenblatt ... Giselle
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Additional Details

Runtime:
150 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:16

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Barbra Streisand was originally offered the role of Fania Fenelon. Streisand resembles the real Fenelon much more than Vanessa Redgrave, who ultimately took the part. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Paradise Road (1997) more

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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
superb performance by Vanessa Redgrave, 2 February 2000
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Author: sroimoi from New York

Playing for Time deserved theatrical release, but as TV fare, perhaps among the finest, ranking up there with The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Being a Jew, I received a lot of flak for applauding Vanessa Redgrave's magnificent performance, but one needs to separate the art from the politics. While physically Ms. Redgrave does not at all resemble the real Fanelon, one can't help feeling that she captured the role. My only criticism is the newswreel type footage used to depict the moving trains. First rate movie

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