Searching for Ester
2005Ester 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?
Acted in
Ester Krumbachová
as Herself (archive footage)
Věra Chytilová
as Herself
Ivan Balaďa
as Himself
Jiřina Bohdalová
as Herself
Radoslav Brzobohatý
as Himself
Květa Fialová
as Herself
Vojtěch Jasný
as Himself
Jiří Krejčík
as Himself
Ivan Král
as Himself
Marta Kubišová
as Herself
Jan Němec
as Himself
Petr Slabý
as Himself
Ivan Vyskočil
as Himself
Petr Václav
as Himself
Otakar Vávra
as Himself
Jiří Svoboda
as Himself