Life in the Bugatti Step

The Czech Avant-Garde between the World Wars. A new documentary by Anne-Kathrin Peitz.

The Czech racing driver Eliška Junková races from victory to victory in a Bugatti – and inspires the composer Jaroslav Ježek to write his Bugatti Step. It became a legendary hit and the sound of the "young savages" who decisively shaped Czech music history in the 1920s and 1930s: Erwin Schulhoff, Jaroslav Ježek, Alois Hába, Victor Ullmann, Vítězslava Kaprálová, the first Czech woman conductor, and Bohuslav Martinů are the names of the composers of the hour.

The one-hour documentary Life in Bugatti Step: The Czech Avant-Garde between the World Wars by Anne-Kathrin Peitz outlines the individual and artistic lives of the selected composers, bringing to life this fertile, colourful, joyful, playful and experimental era of music and art.

Original title Klänge des Aufbruchs: Die tschechische Avantgarde zwischen den Weltkriegen
TV Director Anne-Kathrin Peitz
Genre Documentary
Duration 56
Video format 4K/UHD
Production Company EuroArts Music, Czech TV, MDR/ARTE
Distribution TV EuroArts Music
Distribution VOD / SVOD EuroArts Music
Camera Björn Kowalewsky
Producer Isabel Iturriagagoitia Bueno
Producer TV Producer: Steffen Keitel