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Arte - Bugatti A Thirst for Speed (2018)

– Original Title “Bugatti - Im Rausch der Geschwindigkeit / Bugatti, l'ivresse de la vitesse” – Bugatti - a name that's synonymous with records, speed and aesthetic shapes. We tell the story of a family of passionates. Father Carlo Bugatti was a painter, designer and architect who designed extravagant furniture for European dynasties at the end of the 19th century. He initially had different plans for his sons Ettore was to become an artist and Rembrandt an engineer. But things didn't quite turn out that way Ettore built technical masterpieces, his brother Rembrandt, who took his own life in World War One, produced sculptures, especially animal sculptures cast in bronze, that were no less spectacular. They all created works of art worth millions that delight car collectors and fine art enthusiasts alike and are on show in numerous museums and private collections around the world. And this is also true of the work of Ettore Bugatti's son Jean, who built the world's most expensive car ever, the Atlantic. The story of the Bugatti family is closely intertwined with recent European history Italian-born Bugatti started building cars in Alsace when it belonged to Germany, then went to the Rhineland, but finally returned to Alsace after it had become French once again. A story that is still a myth today despite the family's turbulent past. The documentary tells the story of Ettore Bugatti, who was born into a family of artists in 1881. The film was shot at a historic Bugatti meeting in Cheltenham, England, at various collectors' homes, at the Antwerp Zoo, where Ettore's brother Rembrandt Bugatti created his animal sculptures, and at the automobile factory in Molsheim, Alsace, which still exists today.

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Snippet from Wikipedia: Bugatti: Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a German then French manufacturer of high-performance automobiles. The company was founded in 1909 in the then-German city of Molsheim, Alsace, by the Italian-born industrial designer Ettore Bugatti. The cars were known for their design beauty and numerous race victories. Famous Bugatti automobiles include the Type 35 Grand Prix cars, the Type 41 "Royale", the Type 57 "Atlantic" and the Type 55 sports car.
The death of Ettore Bugatti in 1947 proved to be a severe blow to the marque, and the death of his son Jean in 1939 meant that there was no successor to lead the factory. With no more than about 8,000 cars made, the company struggled financially, and it released one last model in the 1950s before eventually being purchased for its airplane parts business in 1963.
In 1987, an Italian entrepreneur bought the brand name and revived it as Bugatti Automobili S.p.A.
A movie about the founding of the French car manufacturer Bugatti is being produced by Andrea Iervolino with the film slated for release in 2025.

Under Ettore Bugatti

The founder Ettore Bugatti was born in Milan, Italy, and the automobile company that bears his name was founded in 1909 in Molsheim located in the Alsace region which was part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1919. The company was known both for the level of detail of its engineering in its automobiles, and for the artistic manner in which the designs were executed, given the artistic nature of Ettore's family (his father, Carlo Bugatti (1856–1940), was an important Art Nouveau furniture and jewelry designer).

World War I and its aftermath

During the war Ettore Bugatti was sent away, initially to Milan and later to Paris, but as soon as hostilities had been concluded he returned to his factory at Molsheim.

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