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DORA - Escape into Music

DORA - Escape into Music

2022 · 116 min · Documentary, Music, History

The pianist Kyra Steckeweh and the filmmaker Tim van Beveren search for traces where Countess Dora Pejačević (1885-1923) lived and worked. Their documentary is a journey through time to a half brilliant, half broken Europe.

Directed by Kyra Steckeweh · Written by Ivan Salaj

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