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1980 | DIRECTED BY DANIEL MANN AND JOSEPH SARGENT

Playing For Time

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Movie Stats
Year
1980
Runtime
 150 minutes (2 hrs 30 mins)
Select Cast
Vanessa Redgrave
Jane Alexander
Maud Adams
Christine Baranski
Robin Bartlett
Marisa Berenson
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Last viewed:
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Release Dates
US release date
 US release
30th September 1980
46 years 1 months 14 days ago
Sweden release date
 Sweden
19th April 1981
45 years 6 months 25 days ago
Spain release date
 Spain
2nd November 1981
45 years 12 days ago
Finland release date
 Finland
13th March 1982
44 years 8 months 1 days ago
Netherlands release date
 Netherlands
4th May 1982
44 years 6 months 10 days ago
Peru release date
 Peru
23rd January 1983
43 years 9 months 22 days ago
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Directed by
daniel mann Daniel Mann
joseph sargent Joseph Sargent
Starring
Vanessa RedgraveFania Fenelon
Jane AlexanderAlma Rose
Maud AdamsMala
Christine BaranskiOlga
Robin BartlettEtalina
Marisa BerensonElzvieta
Verna BloomPaulette
Donna HaleyKatrina
Lenore HarrisCharlotte
Mady KaplanVarya
Will LeeShmuel
Anna ThomsonMichou
Viveca LindforsFrau Schmidt
Melanie MayronMarianne
Marcell RosenblattGiselle
Max WrightDr. Mengele
Shirley KnightLagerfuhrerin Maria Mandel
Elaine BromkaTchiakowska
Faith CatlinLiesle
Clarence FelderCommandant Kramer
Martha SchlammeWoman on train
Marta HeflinEsther
Dorothy SherwoodBerta
Grace StoverGreta
Sidney SandnessAsthmatic Man
Thomas La FleurBoy Scout
Zvee ScoolerFirst Chessplayer
Thomas EverettSecond Chessplayer
Mary Kay FagerPolish Woman
Mary McGonicalTattooer
Phyllis VanierBlockawa
Monica MerrimanCanadian Girl
Robert LuceyLadislaus
Lorraine LuceyLadislaus' Mother
Lee Jay NelsonEdek
Robert DannonSS Officer
Peter PhillipsBritish Radio Man
Spencer WaldronSS Sergeant
John GriesemerGerman Trooper
Huggy-Bear FerrisThe Executioner
Andrew J. ArnoldJewish Boy
Al ButlerNazi officer
Tom EverettYoung Chess Player
Richard Dennis JohnsonKapo
Ron LambBritish Soldier
Jeffrey MarcusRose's Husband
Dennis Michael SheppardGerman NCO
Eoin StewartBritish Radio Operator
Rick WashburnPrisoner
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News from around the web
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Playing for Time Walkthrough  IGN Thu, 15th October 2026

Playing for Time review – a vivid sense of the chaos of concentration camp life  The Guardian Thu, 19th March 2015

Arthur Miller and Vanessa Redgrave Meet in Playing for Time  HuffPost Fri, 24th April 2015

Michael Wood · At the Movies: ‘To Be or Not to Be’  London Review of Books Thu, 5th December 2013

Playing for Time (1980)  IMDb Mon, 20th July 2020

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