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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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Ester Krumbachová
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Věra Chytilová
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Ivan Balaďa
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Jiřina Bohdalová
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Radoslav Brzobohatý
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Květa Fialová
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Vojtěch Jasný
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Jiří Krejčík
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Ivan Král
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Marta Kubišová
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Jan Němec
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Petr Slabý
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Ivan Vyskočil
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Petr Václav
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Otakar Vávra
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