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And the Violins Stopped Playing is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 1 january 1988 with Horst Buchholz
And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)
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Add to a movie listAnd 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.
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The story opens in 1941 in Brest-Litovsk, with Dymitr Mirga (Horst Buchholz), a prominent Gypsy violin player, entertaining a group of Nazis in a restaurant. At first the Nazis enjoy the entertainment and assure the musicians that the ongoing removal of the region's Jews is being conducted for the sake of the Romani. However, Dymitr soon realizes the truth, and asks the head of the Gypsy community to lead its evacuation into Hungary, which at that time was still independent. The leader is reluctant to comply, and the community's council eventually forces him to resign, giving his position instead to Dymitr Mirga. The son of the deposed leader had been betrothed to a beautiful Romani named Zoya Natkin (Maya Ramati), who instead chose to marry Dymitr's son, Roman (Piotr Polk).Actors
Horst Buchholz
(Dymitr Mirga)
Marne Maitland
(Sandu)
Piotr Polk
(Roman Mirga)
Aleksander Bardini
(Szura Greczko)
Jerzy Nowak
(professor Epstein)
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