Vanessa Redgrave
Fania Fenelon
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Playing for Time is a 1980 CBS television film, written by Arthur Miller and based on acclaimed musician Fania Fénelon's autobiography The Musicians of Auschwitz. Vanessa Redgrave stars as Fénelon.
- Drama Music
Sep 30, 1980 · Based on a true story, this 1980 drama follows the life of Fania Fenelon, a Jewish singer who joins the camp orchestra to survive the Holocaust. The movie features Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Alexander, Maud Adams and other stars, and won four Primetime Emmys.
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- Drama, Music
- Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent
- 1980-09-30
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- Joseph Sargent, Daniel Mann
Multi-award winning dramatization based on the memoirs of Fania Fenelon, a French Jew who became a member of a women's orchestra inside Auschwitz, playing music for their Nazi captors as well as for fellow inmates marching to their deaths.
- Daniel Mann
- Viveca Lindfors
A biographical drama based on the true story of Fania Fenelon, a pianist and singer who joined the camp's orchestra to survive. The film explores the moral dilemma of performing for the Nazis and the bond among the women musicians.
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- Daniel Mann
- Drama
- Vanessa Redgrave
Watch a 1980 movie based on real events, where female prisoners perform music for their Nazi captors. Starring Vanessa Redgrave and Christina Baranski, directed by Daniel Mann.
A TV movie based on the true story of Fania Fenelon, a violinist in Auschwitz. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers and other crew members who worked on this film.
