Searching for Ester

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?

Main 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 Ivan Král Himself Marta Kubišová Herself Jan Němec Himself Petr Slabý Himself Ivan Vyskočil Himself Petr Václav Himself Otakar Vávra Himself Jiří Svoboda Himself