And the Violins Stopped Playing
And the Violins Stopped Playing Polish I Skrzypce Przestaly Grac 1988 is a PolishAmerican 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.
On their journey to Hungary, some of the Gypsies desert the group and are killed by the Nazis. Others voluntarily split off, in hopes that by having smaller numbers they will appear to be merchants rather than Gypsies. Dymitrs small company eventually performs the sacrifice of selling their jewels to buy horses from another Romani community, allowing their group to move more quickly. Many are nevertheless killed by the Nazis. The sympathetic population gives them burials and provides a chance for their comrades to meet and mourn their loss. In time, the resolute Dymitr reaches Hungary with his muchdiminished group of followers, including his wife Wala Didi Ramati, his son Roman and daughterinlaw Zoya, Zoyas family and Romans rival, the son of the former leader, who was killed by Nazis. All Dymitrs efforts prove futile when the Nazis finally invade Hungary in 1944.A Nazi column takes the captive Romani to Auschwitz, where the infamous Col. Kruger Jan Machulski has been performing medical experiments conducted on prisoners. Before their arrival, Dymitrs daughter escapes out through the window of one of the cattle trucks. At the camp. Dymitr Mirga is forced to play for the Nazis, whilst his son Roman receives minor privileges because of his skill as a translator. However, when Romans wife Zoya dies, the young man begins to consider his fathers urging that he escape. Roman approaches his friend and former rival, and recognizing that their families are marked for death, the two agree to make an attempt. The attempt succeeds, and they manage to reconnect with Romans younger sister who escaped from the cattle truck. ........
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