Playing for Time
- TV Movie
- 1980
- 2h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
2.9K
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Female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp (Auschwitz) are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors.Female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp (Auschwitz) are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors.Female prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp (Auschwitz) are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors.
- Won 4 Primetime Emmys
- 5 wins & 4 nominations total
Anna Thomson
- Michou
- (as Anna Kluger Levine)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe real Fania Fenelon was upset over the casting of Dame Vanessa Redgrave due to her support of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- GoofsUpon joining the camp orchestra, Fania Fenelon (Vanessa Redgrave) is asked by the women's commandant for her shoe size. Fenelon replies with the American shoe size "9", whereas in reality she would have given the European equivalent size of 40.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981)
- SoundtracksJ'Attendrai
(Tornerai)
Music by Dino Olivieri
Italian lyrics by Nino Rastelli
French lyrics by Louis Poterat
Performed by Vanessa Redgrave
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Firstly I have to say that this is not your usual stereotype Jewish holocaust movie: It goes much, much beyond any ideological rhetoric, to deal with Human condition.However, you have the Concentration Camp as a background for one of the best contemporary playwrights (arguably The best!) to create and develop his masterpiece .It is worthwhile to know that Arthur Miller persisted in his demand to put Venessa Redgrave in the the leading role, in spite of all the threats and protests of JDL.Here, she presents one of her most magnificent performances as an Artist trapped in the most dehumanizing conditions one could imagine.The dialogue is absolutely superb, and the actings are quite decent.A must see.
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- Das Mädchenorchester von Auschwitz
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