Searching for Ester

Searching for Ester — Plot

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?

• Release date
• April 12, 2005
• Runtime
• 128 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Věra Chytilová

Searching for Ester — Cast

Ester Krumbachová Herself (archive footage) Věra Chytilová Herself Ivan Balaďa Himself Jiřina Bohdalová Herself Radoslav Brzobohatý Himself Květa Fialová Herself Vojtěch Jasný Himself Jiří Krejčík Himself