Playing for Time (1980)

09/30/1980 (US) • 2h 30m

Drama, Music, History, TV Movie

Overview

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.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

concentration camp

world war ii

auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp

orchestra

based on memoir or autobiography

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