Film·2005·2h 8m

Searching for Ester

Documentary

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?

Directed by Věra Chytilová

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12 credited

Ester Krumbachová
Ester KrumbachováHerself (archive footage)
Věra Chytilová
Věra ChytilováHerself
Ivan Balaďa
Ivan BalaďaHimself
Jiřina Bohdalová
Jiřina BohdalováHerself
Radoslav Brzobohatý
Radoslav BrzobohatýHimself
Květa Fialová
Květa FialováHerself
Vojtěch Jasný
Vojtěch JasnýHimself
Jiří Krejčík
Jiří KrejčíkHimself
Ivan Král
Ivan KrálHimself
Marta Kubišová
Marta KubišováHerself
Jan Němec
Jan NěmecHimself
Petr Slabý
Petr SlabýHimself

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