Friends and musical companions of the composer talk about Komeda and give some insight into his life and work. Although tentative at first, the interviews in combination with the period footage ultimately unfold the picture of an artistic life that seems possible only in the light of the conditions of the time. Political circumstances and private feuds draw the portrait of a charismatic personality who uncompromisingly realized his musical vision in the Cracow jazz scene of the 1950s, and re-defined the notion of “film music”.
Friends and musical companions of the composer talk about Komeda and give some insight into his life and work. Although tentative at first, the interviews in combination with the period footage ultimately unfold the picture of an artistic life that seems possible only in the light of the conditions of the time. Political circumstances and private feuds draw the portrait of a charismatic personality who uncompromisingly realized his musical vision in the Cracow jazz scene of the 1950s, and re-defined the notion of “film music”.
