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Sign In. Fania Fenelon Jane Alexander Alma Rose Maud Adams Mala Christine Baranski Olga Robin Bartlett Etalina Marisa Berenson Elzvieta Verna Bloom Paulette Donna Haley Katrina Lenore Harris Charlotte Mady Kaplan Varya Will Lee Shmuel Anna Thomson Michou as Anna Levine Viveca Lindfors Frau Schmidt Melanie Playing for Time Marianne Marcell Rosenblatt Giselle Max Wright Mengele Shirley Knight Tchiakowska Faith Catlin Liesle Playing for Time Felder Commandant Kramer Marta Heflin Esther Martha Schlamme Woman on train Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Andrew J. SS officer Thomas Everett Chessplayer 2 Tom Everett Polish woman Huggy-Bear Ferris The Executioner John Griesemer German trooper Richard Dennis Johnson Kapo Thomas La Fleur Boy Scout Playing for Time Lamb British Soldier Lorraine Lucey Ladislaus' mother Robert Lucey Ladislaus Jeffrey Marcus Rose's Husband Mary McGonical Tattooer Monica Merriman Playing for Time girl Lee Jay Nelson Edek Peter Phillips British radioman Sidney Sandness Asthmatic man Zvee Scooler Chessplayer 1 Dennis Michael Sheppard Berta Eoin Stewart British Radio Operator Grace Stover Greta Phyllis Vanier Blockawa Spencer Waldron SS sergeant Rick Washburn Prisoner Al Butler Edit page. American Drama. War Films of The 80's. Share this page:. Clear your history. Fania Fenelon. Michou as Anna Levine. Jewish Boy as Andrew Arnold. Playing for Time (TV Movie ) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Marcelle Routier. Playing for Time by the Nazis, she was sent to Auschwitz where she Playing for Time one of the legendary orchestra girls who used music to survive the Holocaust. This is her personal Playing for Time of the experience. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published September 1st by Syracuse University Press first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends Playing for Time of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers Playing for Time about Playing For Timeplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Playing For Time. Playing for Time 21, Lewis Weinstein rated it really liked it Shelves: a-researcha-history-bio-memoir. Mar 23, Danny Tyran rated it really liked it Shelves: genocidewarbiographymemoirs. Fania Goldstein a. She is one of the few survivors. It's this story she wrote in this book based on her diary from the concentration camps. It's remarkably frank on many sensitive topics: the degrading compromises survivors had to make, the black humor of inmates the orchestra women are often depicted as laughing hysterically over gruesome subjectsthe religious and national tensions among inmates, and the normality of prostitution and lesbian relationships. Alma thinks Playing for Time if her orchestra plays badly, they will be gassed. All the women survive Playing for Time best they can, their moral worlds gradually collapsing. Fania's friend Marianne barters sex for food. Alma lives for her music alone, insisting on the most rigorous standards among her players, even Playing for Time one of them for playing a wrong note. For her, it's art that matters, not its audience. And Playing for Time have to play stirring tunes to jolly along the new arrivals. Their services might be called upon by Mengele in his experiments to gauge the effects of music on the mad. They might see members of their own family entering the camp as they bashed out enlivening pieces precariously re-orchestrated for the motley collection of instruments to hand. And it would be their job to lift the spirits and massage the sensibilities of the SS after another hard day of trying to enslave the rest of the world. The loss of a sense of who we are, both as an individual and as a human being, began the moment we entered the camp. We become alien to the natural order, we fall out Playing for Time any order of values that might define who we are. For me there was no longer either code or law. With the malnourishment, the women lost their menstrual cycles. No longer part of life, they could no longer bear life; there would be no new Playing for Time to bear their memory or their names. Were Mendele and Himmler human beings? Were the other Nazis at Birkenau Camp human beings? At what moment do we stop to be a human being and do we become a monster? We can extract a lot of morals from this story. An appreciation for great music does not preclude murder. If I finished reading the book, this is because it was interesting. It made me think, but As she recounted it, this is more Playing for Time story of small wickedness, meanness and other nasty tricks between prisoners than about the Nazi's cruelty. Did I saw the series based on this book? I think not. Perhaps this impression is due to all the other movies, television reports or documentary series about the same subject that I saw. Anyway, I give it 4 stars. View all 7 comments. Feb 17, Jes. Cavanaugh rated it really liked it Shelves: books-i-own. Inmy mother was a part Playing for Time a program called "Desperate Times", which was a recreation of the women's Birkenau Orchestra. She played mandolin in an orchestra with lay musicians as well as symphonic musicians. They played in New York City at St. John the Divine Playing for Time, then took their performance to several former camp sites in Germany for Liberation Day celebrations and ceremonies. All of this sparked my interest in reading a first-hand account Playing for Time life in the camps. Some of the other revie Inmy mother was a part of a program called "Desperate Times", which was a recreation of the women's Birkenau Orchestra. Some of the other reviews here disparage Fania Fenelon for her opinions and her romanticizing of life in the Birkenau camp, but they fail to realize that the few chosen to be musicians were living a life much more romantic than those forced to labor or who were simply not chosen to be among the few. Given the choice to sing for your captors or to die; Playing for Time, painfully and with no music available, what would you choose? It's a hard choice for anyone to make, but with Playing for Time glimmer of hope to sing ones way Playing for Time freedom, it seems like a no- win situation. Can you compromise yourself and your beliefs to gain a Playing for Time of hope and the ability to retain your music? Fenelon tries to explain her rationale and to tell a story that is uncommon and little known. To address some of the points in the other reviews: There are absolutely conflicting stories, but if you dig into them, mostly the differences are personal and perspective-based. All of the contradictions that can be found in documentaries or other writings are of the personal perspective sort. It seems to me that many of the issues that others who were interred with Fenelon stem from her book becoming the most famous and, therefore, considered the most definitive. No single book should ever be given the credibility to have told the whole story. Jan 16, Kim rated it liked it. I'm a fan of Holocaust survivor stories. This one Playing for Time, rubbed me the wrong way. I didn't like Fania, her story seemed twisted to put her in a good light at all times. I actually watched a documentary that interviewed some of the survivors of this band, and many of them disagreed with her on several points. While this story did actually happen in it bare bones, her retelling of it made it fictitious and dismissible. View 2 comments. Apr 05, Tina rated it it Playing for Time amazing. I remember seeing this as a "made for TV" movie back when I was 11 or My mom and I watched it together, and I remember when I was at school the next day, most of my classmates had watched it as well. It was our first experience with a Holocaust related movie, and it certainly left an impression on us. I've never forgotten that movie, and I recently found out that it was based on this book. The book was excellent. It, of course, had much more detail than the movie and details that just would I remember seeing this as a "made for TV" Playing for Time back when I was 11 or It, of course, had much more detail than the movie and details that just would not have been appropriate in the early s for a network Playing for Time. I'm always amazed at the strength people Playing for Time when they are in the midst of traumatic and horrific circumstances. I'm glad Fenelon lived to tell her story and the story of those in Birkenau and then Bergen-Belsen. Feb 09, Marianne rated it really liked it. 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Build up your Halloween Watchlist with our list of the most popular horror titles on Netflix in October. See the list. The guards take her clothing and luggage and they cut her hair very short. One day, when she is very weak, she hears someone asking whether any prisoner could sing Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly and she joins the group of musicians that have been spared from the gas chambers to entertain the Nazis performing music for them. She convinces the Playing for Time Alma Rose to invite her friend Marianne, telling that she would be a talented singer. Along the years of abusive treatment, they survive but losing their dignity. It is amazing to me that this film is pretty much unavailable in any format. What a cast. Vanessa Redgrave. Jane Alexander. Marisa Berenson. Playing for Time Bloom. Melanie Mayron. And a subtle and evocative script by none other than Arthur Miller. A summary of it sounds unpleasant and harrowing and to a certain extent it is. But there is extraordinary beauty in this daring and unusual picture. A group of women, all musicians, are allowed by the Nazis to remain alive on the condition that they amuse their captors with music. It simply must be seen, and will never be forgotten. See this picture any way you can. I am sure that in time it will be rediscovered and seen for the sublime utterance that it is. Looking for some great streaming picks? Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Visit our What to Watch page. Sign In. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. Playing for Time Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. Female Playing for Time in a Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors. Directors: Daniel MannJoseph Sargent Playing for Time. Added to Watchlist. The Best Horror Movies on Netflix. American Drama. War Films of The 80's. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: Vanessa Redgrave Fania Fenelon Jane Alexander Alma Rose Maud Adams Mala Christine Baranski Olga Robin Bartlett Etalina Marisa Berenson Elzvieta Verna Bloom Paulette Donna Haley Katrina Lenore Harris Charlotte Mady Kaplan Varya Will Lee Shmuel Anna Thomson Michou as Anna Levine Viveca Lindfors Frau Schmidt Melanie Mayron Marianne Marcell Rosenblatt Edit Did You Know? Trivia Despite controversy and attempted boycotts, the 3 hour film was the highest viewed program of the week, with Goofs Upon joining the camp orchestra, Fania Fenelon Vanessa Redgrave is asked by the women's commandant for her shoe size. Fenelon replies with the American shoe size "9", Playing for Time in reality she would have given the European equivalent size of Quotes Alma Rose : We must constantly raise the level of our playing, or I really don't know how long they will tolerate us. Playing for Time this review helpful to you? Yes No Report this. Add the first question. Language: English German French. Runtime: min. Sound Mix: Mono. Color: Color. Edit page. October Streaming Picks. Playing for Time to School Picks. Clear your history. Fania Fenelon. Michou as Anna Levine.