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And the Violins Stopped Playing (Polish: ''I Skrzypce Przestaly Grac'') (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 regime at the height of the Porajmos (Romani holocaust), during World War II.
Original Release
01/01/1988
US Release
01/01/1988
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Horst Buchholz | Dymitr Mirga |
| Didi Ramati | Wala Mirga / Wala Mirga, Dymitr's wife |
| Piotr Polk | Roman Mirga / Roman Mirga, Dymitr's son |
| Maya Ramati | Zoya / Zoya Natkin / Mirga |
| Kasia Siwak | Mara / Mara Mirga, Dymitr's daughter |
| Marne Maitland | Sandu / Sandu Mirga, Dymitr's father |
| Bettine Milne | Rosa / Rosa Mirga, Dymitr's mother |
| Aldona Grochal | Wala's Sister |
| Wieslaw Wojcik | Bora Natkin, Zoya's father |
| Ernestyna Winnicka | Zoya's mother |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Horst Buchholz | Dymitr Mirga |
| Didi Ramati | Wala Mirga / Wala Mirga, Dymitr's wife |
| Piotr Polk | Roman Mirga / Roman Mirga, Dymitr's son |
| Maya Ramati | Zoya / Zoya Natkin / Mirga |
| Kasia Siwak | Mara / Mara Mirga, Dymitr's daughter |
| Marne Maitland | Sandu / Sandu Mirga, Dymitr's father |
| Bettine Milne | Rosa / Rosa Mirga, Dymitr's mother |
| Aldona Grochal | Wala's Sister |
| Wieslaw Wojcik | 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 |
| Aleksander Bardini | Greczko Szura |
| Marek Barbasiewicz | Count Paszkowski |
| Jerzy Nowak | Prof. Epstein, doctor in Auschwitz Camp |
| Wladyslaw Komar | Dombrowski |
| Wiktor Zborowski | Tomasz |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Krzysztof Zanussi | Executive Producer |
| Judy Hecht Dumontet | Producer |
| Alexander Ramati | Producer |
