- Summary
- Depicts a small group of gysies escaping the German army during World War II. The group is fleeing south from Poland through Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Through all their travails there is romance with the leaders adolescent daughter and a boy from another gypsy family. The film is unique in that the hunted are not Jews or prisoners of war, but gypsies.
- Other Title
- And the violins stopped playing.
- Variant Title
- I skrzypce przestaly grac
Violins stopped playing
- Format
- Video
- Published
- [UK] : Odyssey Video : Prism Leisure Corp. [disributor], . 2003
- Locale
- Europe, Eastern
Poland
- Other Authors/Editors
- Ramati, Alexander, 1921-2006.
Kozłowski, Leopold, 1918-
Szostak, Zdzisław.
Buchholz, Horst, 1933-2003.
Ramati, Maya.
Polk, Piotr, 1962-
Ramati, Didi.
Siwak, Kasia.
Film Polski.
Zespół Filmowy TOR.
Odyssey Video.
Prism Leisure Corp.
- Notes
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Based on the autobiography by Alexander Ramati.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
Screenplay, Alexander Ramati ; music, Leopold Kozlowski, Zdzislaw Szostak ; cinematography, Edward Kloskinski.
Horst Buchholz, Maya Ramati, Piotr Polk, Didi Ramati, Kasia Siwak.
DVD (PAL, region 5).
