Es ging Tag und Nacht, liebes Kind
Katrin Seybold, Melanie Spitta
In the documentary, Melanie Spitta accompanies Rom*nja and Sinte*zze survivors and their children to Auschwitz: “This is not a film about Auschwitz, but a film with people who had to suffer Auschwitz”. The film impressively shows how the horror of the concentration camps shaped the survivors and their descendants over decades and generations – and why the trust of those affected in the Gadjé is still broken today.
Katrin Seybold
After studying art history, Katrin Seybold (1943–2012) started making her first collaborative films about the student movement in 1969. She worked as an assistant director for Ula Stöckl and Edgar Reitz. From 1975, she directed films for ARD and ZDF, founding her own production company in 1979. She directed around 60 films and television productions, including several collaborations with Melanie Spitta.
Films by Katrin Seybold (selection)
Die Widerständigen − Zeugen der Weißen Rose 2008 | Nein! Zeugen des Widerstandes in München 1933–1945 1999 | Das falsche Wort 1987 | Es ging Tag und Nacht, liebes Kind 1982 | Wir sind stark und zärtlich 1981 | Wir sind Sintikinder und keine Zigeuner 1981 | Schimpft uns nicht Zigeuner! 1980
