Playing for time
(DVD)

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Published
[Saint Charles, Ill.] : Olive Films, [2013].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Main Library - Media
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Published
[Saint Charles, Ill.] : Olive Films, [2013].
Language
English
UPC
887090026901

Notes

General Note
Originally broadcast as a TV movie in 1980.
General Note
Based on the book by Fania Fenelon.
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Title from title frame.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Arthur Ornitz ; editor, Jay Freund ; original music and synthesized sounds by Brad Fiedel ; costume designer, Ruth Morley ; art director, Robert Gundlach.
Participants/Performers
Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Alexander, Maud Adams, Christine Baranski, Robin Bartlett, Marisa Berenson, Verna Bloom, Donna Haley, Lenore Harris, Mady Kaplan, Will Lee, Anna Kluger Levine, Viveca Lindfors, Melanie Mayron, Marcell Rosenblatt, Max Wright, Shirley Knight.
Description
Fania Fenelon is a Jewish cabaret singer in Paris during the Nazi invasion. Fania and thousands of other Jewish and political prisoners are sent to the Auschwitz death camp. She and a group of other classical musicians are spared from death in exchange for performing music for their captors. They are also ordered to play for the thousands being herded to the gas chambers, a 'humane' means of easing the condemned into the next world.
System Details
DVD format, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
Awards
Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Special, Best Actress (Vanessa Redgrave), Best Supporting Actress (Jane Alexander), Outstanding Writing (Arthur Miller).
Awards
Winner of the 1981 Christopher Award.
Awards
Winner of the 1981 Peabody Award.