And the Violins Stopped Playing () is a 1988 Polish American World War II drama movie directed by and based on the novel by Alexander Ramati. It stars Horst Buchholz, Piotr Polk, Marne Maitland, Jan Machulski, Aleksander Bardini, Jerzy Nowak, Wladyslaw Komar, Wiktor Zborowski, Aleksander Ford, Wiesław Wójcik and was distributed by Orion Pictures.