And the Violins Stopped Playing

And the Violins Stopped Playing
English language poster
Directed byAlexander Ramati
Screenplay byAlexander Ramati
Based onAnd the Violins Stopped Playing: A Story of the Gypsy Holocaust
by Alexander Ramati
Produced byAlexander Ramati
Starring
CinematographyEdward Klosinski
Edited byMiroslawa Garlicka
Music by
  • Leopold Kozlowski
  • Zdzislaw Szostak
Production
companies
  • Roberts/David Films
  • Zespol Filmowy "Tor"
Distributed byOrion Television Distribution
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
116 min. (uncut - 184 min)
Countries
  • United States
  • Poland
LanguageEnglish

And the Violins Stopped Playing (Polish: I Skrzypce Przestały Grać) (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 (Romani holocaust), during World War II.