Searching for Ester (2005)
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?
Director: Věra Chytilová
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Ester Krumbachová as Herself (archive footage) |
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Věra Chytilová as Herself |
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Ivan Balaďa as Himself |
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Jiřina Bohdalová as Herself |
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Radoslav Brzobohatý as Himself |
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Květa Fialová as Herself |
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Vojtěch Jasný as Himself |
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Jiří Krejčík as Himself |
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Ivan Král as Himself |
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Marta Kubišová as Herself |
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Jan Němec as Himself |
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Petr Slabý as Himself |
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Ivan Vyskočil as Himself |
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Petr Václav as Himself |
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Otakar Vávra as Himself |
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Jiří Svoboda as Himself |
| Production | Vratislav Šlajer | Producer |
| Editing | Jakub Hejna | Editor |
| Directing | Věra Chytilová | Director |
| Camera | David Čálek | Director of Photography |