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Apr 12, 2005 · 2h 8m
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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?

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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
Directed by Věra Chytilová

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Original language
CS
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Bionaut, Česká televize
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CZ
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