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Ester Krumbachová

Czech filmmaker (1923-1996) · Czechia · Directors · Died at 72

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Ester Krumbachová was a Czech screenwriter, costume designer, stage designer, author and director. She is known for her contributions to Czech New Wave cinema in the 1960s, including collaborations with directors Věra Chytilová and Jan Němec.

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A life in dates

1996Died13 January 19961995GENUSSeries, Director, WriterThe life of Jitka and Květa Válová as seen by Ester KrumbachováFilm, 1995Director1991Lašské tanceFilm, Writer1990Fidlovačka aneb Žádný hněv a žádná rvačkaFilm, WriterGuiltFilm, 1990Writer1984The Very Late Afternoon of a FaunFilm, Writer1983StrataFilm, Writer1970Fruit of ParadiseFilm, WriterValerie and Her Week of WondersFilm, 1970Writer1967Martyrs of LoveFilm, Writer1966DaisiesFilm, WriterThe Party and the GuestsFilm, 1966Writer1923Born12 November 1923

Filmography 16

IBI'm Not Everything I Want to Be2024
CMCzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel2018
SESearching for EsterHerself (archive footage)2005
TKThe life of Jitka and Květa Válová as seen by Ester KrumbachováDirector1995
LTLašské tanceWriter1991
GUGuiltWriter1990
FRFidlovačka aneb Žádný hněv a žádná rvačkaWriter1990
TFThe Very Late Afternoon of a FaunWriter1984
STStrataWriter1983
VWValerie and Her Week of WondersWriter1970 · ★ 7.0
WIWitchhammerWriter1970 · ★ 7.6
FPFruit of ParadiseWriter1970 · ★ 6.2
KDKilling the DevilDirector, Writer1970
MLMartyrs of LoveWriter1967
DADaisiesWriter1966 · ★ 7.3
TGThe Party and the GuestsWriter1966

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GSGolden Sixties2009
GEGENUSDirector, Writer1995

In their orbit

Spouse: Jan Němec

About this person

Ester Krumbachová was a Czech screenwriter, costume designer, stage designer, author and director. She is known for her contributions to Czech New Wave cinema in the 1960s, including collaborations with directors Věra Chytilová and Jan Němec. Krumbachová would often act as both writer and art director on the films she worked on, such as Daisies and Fruit of Paradise. She directed one film in her lifetime, being The Murder of Mr. Devil, released in 1971. Krumbachová was largely banned from working in film during the 1980s by the communist party due to her involvement in A Report on the Party and the Guests.

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Country
Czechia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 1996 · aged 72

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