5 and a Half Screenplays by Ester Krumbachová
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: November 15, 2021, 19:00 – 20:00
Director Jana Chytilová used to call her “Ester the witch”, while for fellow director Jan Němec she was “a muse, the éminence grise of the1960s”. Set designer, artist, film wardrobe designer, director, screenwriter and writer Ester Krumbachová was certainly no shrinking violet.
The publication 5 a půl scénáře Ester Krumbachové (5 and a Half Screenplays by Ester Krumbachová), which is just coming out on the Nakladatelství AMU imprint, presents a less well-known side of the artist as the author or co-author of the screenplays of key works of Czechoslovak cinema. It contains previously unpublished screenplays that she wrote with Chytilová and Němec and by herself. Accompanying materials include Krumbachová’s complete filmography and bibliography by M. Fikejz, the recollections of her nephew J. Krumbach and a selection from interviews conducted with her by Tereza Brdečková. Her work for film and television is explored in comprehensive fashion in an essay by editors Jan Bernard and K. Vaňková; it is based on a study of her estate, archived and digitized by the company are-events.org, and of the archives of Barrandov Studio and Czech Television.
The evening also includes a reading from the screenplay Daisies II put together by Jan Bernard and performer Bára Purmová (Naivní divadlo Liberec) and Daniela Grohová (Jičín), who are graduates of DAMU.