
And the Violins Stopped Playing
1988, English. Directed by Alexander Ramati.
A forgotten holocaust in World War II.
This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Alexander RamatiDirector
- Horst BuchholzDymitr Mirga
- Maya RamatiZoya Natkin
- Piotr PolkRoman Mirga
- Didi RamatiWala Mirga
- Zitto KazannMikita
- Marcin TrońskiJosef Mengele
- Wojciech PastuszkoKoro
- Jacek Sas-UhrynowskiPaweł
- Marne MaitlandSandu
- Bettine MilneRosa
- Aleksander BardiniSzura Greczko
- Marek Barbasiewiczcount Paszkowski
Details
- Released
- 1 January 1988
- Country
- United Kingdom, Poland, United States of America
- Written by
- Alexander Ramati
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And the Violins Stopped Playing runs 116 minutes (1h 56m).
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And the Violins Stopped Playing isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1988. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed And the Violins Stopped Playing?
And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988) was directed by Alexander Ramati and stars Horst Buchholz, Maya Ramati, Piotr Polk.