04-20-2017, 04:27 PM
Leni
They were already in the camps.
I didn’t put them there. We started
shooting in Spain but had to move
back to Germany. I needed gypsies
for my movie. The Third Reich paid
all my bills. Typical of Goebbels, to
offer me prisoners, rather than employ
extras. I chose them myself, in the
temporary camp at Maxglan, filmed
them in the Alps, examples of joy and
beauty connected to the mystic, majestic
mountains, not the sordid life on the plains.
Filming was difficult, trying different ways,
experimenting with innovative techniques.
Years later I needed more gypsies, for the
interior scenes shot at Babelsberg. This time
I chose from inmates of the Marzahn prison.
Both times, when I’d finished with them, they
were returned to their camps. I know now that
most went on to Auschwitz death camp.
I didn’t at the time. I couldn’t change anything
even if I had known.
I was one of millions who thought he had all
the answers. We saw only the good things, we
didn’t know bad things were to come.
They were already in the camps.
I didn’t put them there. We started
shooting in Spain but had to move
back to Germany. I needed gypsies
for my movie. The Third Reich paid
all my bills. Typical of Goebbels, to
offer me prisoners, rather than employ
extras. I chose them myself, in the
temporary camp at Maxglan, filmed
them in the Alps, examples of joy and
beauty connected to the mystic, majestic
mountains, not the sordid life on the plains.
Filming was difficult, trying different ways,
experimenting with innovative techniques.
Years later I needed more gypsies, for the
interior scenes shot at Babelsberg. This time
I chose from inmates of the Marzahn prison.
Both times, when I’d finished with them, they
were returned to their camps. I know now that
most went on to Auschwitz death camp.
I didn’t at the time. I couldn’t change anything
even if I had known.
I was one of millions who thought he had all
the answers. We saw only the good things, we
didn’t know bad things were to come.