---
title: 'And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alexander Ramati'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Poland'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/and-the-violins-stopped-playing-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096815/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)

1988 · 116 min · War · Poland, United States


## Synopsis

And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988) is a Polish/American historical drama film written, produced and directed by Alexander Ramati and based upon his biographical novel about an actual group of Romani people who were forced to flee from persecution by the Nazi Germany regime at the height of the Porajmos, during World War II.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alexander Ramati](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-ramati)
- **Screenplay:** [Alexander Ramati](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-ramati)
- **Producer:** [Alexander Ramati](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-ramati)
- **Director of Photography:** [Edward Klosinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-klosinski)
- **Editor:** [Miroslawa Garlicka](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslawa-garlicka)

## Cast

- [Juliusz Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliusz-berger)
- [Piotr Polk](https://cinepixo.com/people/piotr-polk)
- [Zitto Kazann](https://cinepixo.com/people/zitto-kazann)
- [Bogdan Michalak](https://cinepixo.com/people/bogdan-michalak)
- [Horst Buchholz](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-buchholz)
- [Barbara Rachwalska](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-rachwalska)
- [Emilian Kamiński](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilian-kaminski)
- [Wiesław Wójcik](https://cinepixo.com/people/wies-aw-wojcik)
- [Jan Machulski](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-machulski)
- [Ewa Telega](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewa-telega)
- [Marne Maitland](https://cinepixo.com/people/marne-maitland)
- [Cezary Morawski](https://cinepixo.com/people/cezary-morawski)
- [Jerzy Nowak](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-nowak)
- [Aleksander Bardini](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksander-bardini)
- [Hanna Polk](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanna-polk)

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