And the Violins Stopped Playing 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. Details Casts Title And the Violins Stopped Playing Release Date 1988-01-01 Runtime 01 Hours 56 Minutes Genres War Drama Production Companies Studio Filmowe Tor Production Countries United Kingdom, Poland, United States of America Horst Buchholz Dymitr Mirga Maya Ramati Zoya Natkin Piotr Polk Roman Mirga Didi Ramati Wala Mirga Zitto Kazann Mikita Marcin Troński Josef Mengele Wojciech Pastuszko Koro Jacek Sas-Uhrynowski Paweł Marne Maitland Sandu Bettine Milne Rosa Aleksander Bardini Szura Greczko Marek Barbasiewicz count Paszkowski Jerzy Nowak professor Epstein Katarzyna Siwak Mara Aldona Grochal Wala's sister Wiesław Wójcik Bora Natkin Ernestyna Winnicka Zoya's mother Jan Machulski colonel Kruger Władysław Komar Dombrowski Michelle Marlowe Alicja Wiktor Zborowski Tomasz Krzysztof Świętochowski Franko Aleksander Ford Zenon Ewa Telega Ira Jerzy Turek polish peasant Wojciech Wysocki Włodzimierz Jasiński Edward Dobrzański Kola Hanna Polk Zofia Margita Dukiet Zofia's mother Juliusz Berger slovak Gypsy Cezary Morawski captain Brond Bogusław Sobczuk Rudolf Höss Barbara Rachwalska Ms. Stefa Emilian Kamiński Celina Ciecierska gypsy singer Robert Majewski gypsy singer Bogumił Antczak (uncredited) Aleksiej Awdiejew (uncredited) Elżbieta Bielska (uncredited) Irena Byszewska (uncredited) Jerzy Frydrych (uncredited) Jan Hencz (uncredited) Ryszard Jasiński (uncredited) Leszek Kubanek (uncredited) Tomasz Mędrzak (uncredited) Bogdan Michalak (uncredited) Jarosław Pilarski (uncredited) Marek Probosz (uncredited) Wojciech Skibiński policeman (uncredited) Sylwester Zawadzki (uncredited) Jerzy Zelnik Danko Muler (uncredited)