Searching for Ester

Ester Krumbachová - a costume designer, screenwriter, director; one of the boldest personalities of the Czech New Wave. She worked in theatre, she was a writer and an illustrator. She co-created films such as O slavnosti a hostech (1966), Sedmikrásky (1966), Vsichni dobrí rodáci (1969), Pension pro svobodné pány (1968), Valerie a týden divu (1970), Slamený klobouk (1972) and many others. In the 1960s, she was a 'pivot' of the art scene in Prague, attracting artists who were on the threshold of their career, just setting out to find their own form of self-realization. Those who underwent her tutelage remember her forever. Director Vera Chytilová talks to those who knew Ester Krumbachová, who worked with her, befriended her, loved her. She sets off on a search that is to end by answering the question: Who was Ester?

Country:

Czech Republic

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

128 minutes

Year:

2005

Director:

Věra Chytilová

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Company:

Bionaut,

Česká televize

Cast:
Ester Krumbachová

Herself (archive footage)

Věra Chytilová

Herself

Ivan Balaďa

Himself

Jiřina Bohdalová

Herself

Radoslav Brzobohatý

Himself

Crew:
David Čálek

Cinematography

Věra Chytilová

Director

Vratislav Šlajer

Producer

Jakub Hejna

Editor