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TV Movie

Playing for Time

1980·2h 30m
DramaMusic
IMDb Rating
★ 7.3/10
3,014 votes

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

Playing for Time is a 1980 drama music movie, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Maud Adams, Jane Alexander. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.3/10 from 3,014 votes and runs 2h 30m.

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Stars
Vanessa Redgrave
Maud Adams
Jane Alexander
Christine Baranski
Details
1980-09-30
150 min
TV Movie
★ United States
★ English, French, German
Keywords
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