Playing for Time

Playing for Time (1980)

September 30th, 19802h 30min

Drama, Music, History, TV Movie
68%

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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