- Summary
- Inside the Auschwitz concentration camp, members of the prison orchestra struggle against all odds to spare themselves from death. In the process of performing music for their Nazi captors, they reaffirm the indomitable human spirit and the willingness to survive. Fact-based story of Fania Fénelon, celebrated French singer, who was sent to Auschwitz at the height of her career.
- Other Title
- Sursis pour l'orchestre.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- Los Angeles, Ca. : Virgin Vision, 1988
- Locale
- France
- Other Authors/Editors
- Yellen, Linda, 1949-
Mann, Daniel, 1912-1991.
Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005.
Redgrave, Vanessa, 1937- actor.
Alexander, Jane, 1960- actor.
Fénelon, Fania.
Syzygy Productions.
Virgin Vision Limited.
- Notes
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Videocassette release of 1980 television production originally broadcast on CBS.
Based on the book by Fania Fénelon.
Produced by Linda Yellen ; directed by Daniel Mann ; written by Arthur Miller.
Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Alexander.
VHS.
