And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)
"I skrzypce przestaly grac" (original title)

Director:

Alexander Ramati

Writers:

Alexander Ramati (novel), Alexander Ramati (screenplay)

Stars:

Horst Buchholz, Didi Ramati, Piotr Polk

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Horst Buchholz	...	Dymitr Mirga
Didi Ramati	...	Wala Mirga, Dymitr's wife
Piotr Polk	...	Roman Mirga, Dymitr's son
Maya Ramati	...	Zoya Natkin / Mirga
Kasia Siwak	...	Mara Mirga, Dymitr's daughter
Marne Maitland	...	Sandu Mirga, Dymitr's father
Bettine Milne	...	Rosa Mirga, Dymitr's mother
Aldona Grochal	...	Wala's Sister
Wieslaw Wójcik	...	Bora Natkin, Zoya's father
Ernestyna Winnicka	...	Zoya's mother
Marcin Tronski	...	Dr. Josef Mengele
Jan Machulski	...	Col. Krüger
Zitto Kazann	...	Mikita
Wojciech Pastuszko	...	Koro, Mikita's son
Jacek Sas-Uhrynowski	...	Pawel, Romans friend

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

holocaust | world war two | gypsy | based on novel | independent film

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Country:

Poland USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

And the Violins Stopped Playing

Company Credits

Production Co:

Roberts/David Films, Zespol Filmowy "Tor"

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A group of gypsies fleeing the Natzi's during World War II.

This is a good film that depicts a small group of gysies escaping the German army during World War II. The group is fleeing south from Poland through Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Bucholz gives a good performance as the gypsy leader who must mediate disputes. Through all their travail there is romance with the leaders adolescent daughter and a boy from another gypsy family. The film is unique in that the hunted are not Jews or prisoners of war, but gypsies. I was so glad to see someone,somewhere make a film where a group other than Jews are depicted as the targets of Natzi hatred. Sadly you may never see this film since it was shown only once on Showtime in mid-afternoon a number or years ago.