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Playing for Time

1980

Action / Drama / Music

Playing for Time (1980) download

Playing for Time

1980

Action / Drama / Music

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7.3/10 · 3K

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concentration camp world war ii auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp orchestra based on memoir or autobiography

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Joseph Sargent

Top cast

Christine Baranski as Olga

Clarence Felder as Commandant Kramer

Tony Devon as Boat Captain

Jeffrey Marcus as Rose's Husband

Tech specs

720p.BLU 1080p.BLU

1.08 GB

968*720

English 2.0

13+

Subtitles

23.976 fps

2 hr 30 min

Seeds 1

2.27 GB

1440*1072

English 2.0

13+

Subtitles

23.976 fps

2 hr 30 min

Seeds 4

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Swanee 1805 days ago

seed please!

eddyum2003 2388 days ago

I don't really care what is all about. Unfortunately your anti semites made me very sick. All men should treated well. No RACISM please.

stephaneC 2929 days ago

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blainehb 3486 days ago

Thanks for this

bira_62 3537 days ago

A legenda em português esta em espanhol!...Por favor !

hyperzephyrian 3549 days ago

You fucking anti-semites, it's so easy to NOT comment on a film but anytime I come across a film revolving around WWII or the Holocaust you little sperm slurpers come out in throngs to talk shit about the Jews. Get a fucking life.

varangian 3552 days ago

Are they ever going to make a movie about the tens of millions of Christians who were murdered by the Bolshevik Jews? Why so many holocaust movies, and why is the holocaust THE only "historical event" that is illegal to investigate with possible jail time for merely questioning it?

minbanyar1757 3553 days ago

Please make an English subtitle for this film. I have a hearing problem. I have no idea what language they are using to speak. :(

djlodose 3554 days ago

To those saying this movie is inaccurate?.......Its a movie. If you want accuracy watch what Trump does to our country

alaga 3554 days ago

Hi guys, firstly i want to thank you for the whole team and giving us the movie in least number of MB's with good clarity. One suggestions please change the trailer of "Playing for time", here running of movie instead of the movie, thank you guys

varangian 3555 days ago

Great more holocaust propaganda. Watch "The Greatest Story Never Told" and "Communism Through The Back Door" instead.

gonedigital 3555 days ago

I watched a documentary about this holocaust film years ago and one of the survivors said the film was slightly inaccurate. Despite this it is a powerful and educational film that's well worth watching. (o:

isawthattoo 3555 days ago

"Shoah we the Money!"

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IMDb reviews

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10 / 10

Vanessa Redgrave is unbelievably good. She is amazing

Chris S

Vanessa Redgrave is unbelievably good. She is amazing but the script and story (based on the memoir of a prison camp survivor).

10 / 10

I was 11-12 when this tv movie came

JM M

I was 11-12 when this tv movie came out and it was my first exposure to the Holocaust. Haunting but a must watch. Cast is so good and Vanessa Redgrave amazes.

7 / 10

Playing for Time" explores the interactions of a

R T

"Playing for Time" explores the interactions of a group of female Auschwitz inmates who share an uncommon bond – the "privilege" of being inducted into the…

"Playing for Time" explores the interactions of a group of female Auschwitz inmates who share an uncommon bond – the "privilege" of being inducted into the camp orchestra. At times the film is up to the task in graphically portraying the debasement of the Jews under Nazism, such as the brutal conditions they endure as they are deported to Auschwitz, and the assembly line visuals of naked women being shorn hairless. On the other hand, glaring shortcomings hobble its power to fully immerse the viewer into this realm of the macabre, where the soothing effects of orchestra music facilitate the orderly herding of vast numbers of men, women, and children into Auschwitz's gas chambers. An overarching deficiency, the failure to capture the epic scale of Auschwitz's numbers and all-encompassing savagery, paints the film's atmosphere with a much more benign palette than reality would dictate. This probably should not surprise us, though, since budget constraints often plague movies produced for television. What is more troubling is the inexplicable casting of Vanessa Redgrave in the role of Fania Fenelon, a Parisian cabaret singer of that era, upon whom the movie is based. Forget the fact that Redgraves' physical type is the polar opposite of Fenelon's. What can't be ignored is that Redgraves' singing prowess doesn't even approach the level of talent one would need to be plucked from a labor detail in Auschwitz to fill the solo slot in an orchestra - to sing opera, no less. From its opening scene until the finale, "Playing for Time" showcases the full range of Redgraves' vocal mediocrity as she incessantly regales us with a variety of tunes. The absurdity approaches gas lighting though, as she mesmerizes Dr. Mengele and other Nazi officials while croaking out various Madame Butterfly arias. Kudos to the acting chops of Shirley Knight as Maria Mandel, a high ranking Nazi official and music aficionado. Her apparent rapture during these performances is almost believable. Was Fenelon canonized at some point? I must have missed that because only a saint could have navigated through that abyss with such absolute moral clarity. Her prodigious ego rides roughshod over credibility as she consistently and unabashedly inserts herself as the spiritual guru of her own story. The rest of the orchestra members serve as mere counter points, a troupe of childlike, morally deficient or intellectually lazy minions whom she graces with her pearls. Take, for instance, her inner turmoil after being gifted with a "tainted" link of sausage, procured by the ever pragmatic Marianne, via a "roll in the hay" of sorts with an SS Officer. Rather than showing gratitude, Redgrave proceeds to hold forth about the spiritual consequences collateral to that medium of exchange. We then witness every protracted nuance of Redgrave chewing the scenery while struggling to chew the offending sausage link. Seriously? After being systematically starved for months? The portrayal of the renowned vocalist, Fania Fenelon, by an actress who can barely sing and as a character whose unbridled sanctimoniousness sours our empathy for her, seriously ratchets down the quality of "Playing for Time". In spite of this, the film's thought provoking foray into the "grey zone" that was endemic to Auschwitz, in which the struggle to survive often necessitated some form of collusion with the enemy, provides enough of a counter balance to redeem this film.

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