Cast and Crew of Playing for Time

Cast of
Playing for Time

About Playing for Time

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.

Full Cast of Playing for Time

Vanessa Redgrave
plays Fania Fenelon

Vanessa Redgrave as Fania Fenelon

Vanessa Redgrave CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress and political activist. Redgrave rose to prominenc...

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Jane Alexander
plays Alma Rose

Jane Alexander as Alma Rose

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939) is an American actress, author, and fo...

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Maud Adams
plays Mala

Christine Baranski
plays Olga

Christine Baranski as Olga

Christine Baranski is an American stage and screen actress, best known for her portrayals of Maryann Thorpe on the te...

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Robin Bartlett
plays Etalina

Robin Bartlett as Etalina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robin Bartlett (born April 22, 1951) is an American actress. She was born in E...

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Marisa Berenson
plays Elzvieta

Verna Bloom
plays Paulette

Donna Haley
plays Katrina

Lenore Harris
plays Charlotte

Mady Kaplan
plays Varya

Will Lee
plays Shmuel

Anna Thomson
plays Michou

Viveca Lindfors
plays Frau Schmidt

Melanie Mayron
plays Marianne

Marcell Rosenblatt
plays Giselle

Max Wright
plays Dr. Josef Mengele

Max Wright as Dr. Josef Mengele

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Shirley Knight
plays Frau Lagerführerin Maria Mandel

Elaine Bromka
plays Tchiakowska

Elaine Bromka as Tchiakowska

Elaine Bromka was born on January 6, 1950 and is currently 74 years old.

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Clarence Felder
plays Commandant Kramer

Marta Heflin
plays Esther

Martha Schlamme
plays Woman on train

Faith Catlin
plays Liesle

Dorothy Sherwood
plays Berta

Grace Stover
plays Greta

Sidney Sandness
plays Asthmatic Man

Thomas La Fleur
plays Boy Scout

Zvee Scooler
plays First Chessplayer

Tom Everett
plays Second Chess Player

Tom Everett as Second Chess Player

Tom Everett (born October 21, 1948) is an American actor known for his performances in political films such as Air Fo...

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Mary Kay Fager
plays Polish Woman

Mary McGonical
plays Tattooer

Phyllis Vanier
plays Blockawa

Monica Merriman
plays Canadian Girl

Robert Lucey
plays Ladislaus

Lorraine Lucey
plays Ladislaus' Mother

Lee Jay Nelson
plays Edek

Robert Dannon
plays SS Officer

Peter Phillips
plays British Radio Man

Spencer Waldron
plays SS Sergeant

John Griesemer
plays German Trooper

Huggy-Bear Ferris
plays The Executioner

Al Butler
plays Nazi Officer (uncredited)

Jeffrey Marcus
plays Rose's Husband (uncredited)

Rick Washburn
plays Prisoner (uncredited)


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