Searching for Ester

04/12/2005

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2hrs 8min

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Documentary

STORY

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?

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Ester Krumbachová
  • Věra Chytilová
  • Ivan Balaďa
  • Jiřina Bohdalová
  • Radoslav Brzobohatý

    Directors

  • Věra Chytilová
  • David Čálek

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Bionaut
  • Česká televize

    Production Countries

  • Czech Republic

LANGUAGES

  • Czech