Searching for Ester

Searching for Ester (2005)

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?

Director: Věra Chytilová

Casts

	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

Crew