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 anthem of the 'young savages' who decisively shaped Czech music history in the 1920s and 1930s: Among them were Erwin Schulhoff, Jaroslav Ježek, Alois Hába, Victor Ullmann, Vítězslava Kaprálová—the first Czech woman conductor—and Bohuslav Martinů, the composers of the moment.
This documentary by Anne-Kathrin Peitz explores the personal and artistic lives of selected composers, bringing to life this fertile, colourful, joyful, playful, and experimental era of music and art.

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Director: Anne-Kathrin Peitz
Duration: 00:56