And the Violins Stopped Playing

Jan 1, 1988

1h 56m

★ 7.5

Overview

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.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

Studio Filmowe Tor

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Cast

Dymitr Mirga

Horst Buchholz

Zoya Natkin

Maya Ramati

Roman Mirga

Piotr Polk

Wala Mirga

Didi Ramati

Mikita

Zitto Kazann

Josef Mengele

Marcin Troński

Koro

Wojciech Pastuszko

Paweł

Jacek Sas-Uhrynowski

Sandu

Marne Maitland

Rosa

Bettine Milne

Szura Greczko

Aleksander Bardini

count Paszkowski

Marek Barbasiewicz

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