Tag: warsaw ghetto

  • 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.

  • The Pianist

    The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman’s experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into…

  • Run Boy Run

    Run Boy Run is the true story of Jurek, an eight-year-old boy, who escapes from the Warsaw ghetto, then manages to survive in the woods and working as a farmhand, disguising himself as a Polish orphan. He encounters people who will betray him for a reward, who will beat him up or try to kill…