Overview
- Description
- Finished 1987 documentary film about the Nazi persecution of the Roma/Sinti. Photographs of family members, interviews with surviving members of family. Color footage of children (01:34:31-01:36:54): playing at recess, dancing with nuns, before taken to Auschwitz, boys shining shoes in street, playing games.
- Film Title
-
Das Falsche Wort
- Duration
- 01:19:27
- Date
-
Production:
1987
- Locale
-
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Melanie Spitta and Katrin Seybold Film GMBH
- Contributor
-
Director:
Katrin Seybold
Director: Melanie Spitta
Producer: Katrin Seybold Film GMBH
- Biography
-
Katrin Seybold (1943-2012) learnt film making from Edgar Reitz, among others. Since 1979, she has had her own production company and makes television productions about social issues and documentaries about the persecution of German Gypsies, Jews and the resistance during the Nazi regime.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Feature.
- B&W / Color
- Color
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:00:00:00 to 02:19:27:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
Master 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
Master 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
Master 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
Master 219 Film: 16 mm - color
Master 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 219 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
- Copyright
- Carmen Spitta
- Conditions on Use
- For copyright clearance, contact Carmen Spitta, the daughter of the filmmaker, Melanie Spitta.
- Copyright Holder
- Carmen Spitta
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this film from the Katrin Seybold Film GMBH in 1992.
- Copied From
- 35mm; b/w
- Film Source
- Katrin Seybold Film GMBH
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2267
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:55:11
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