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name: "Ester Krumbachová"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ester-krumbachova"
fi1m_id: "ester-krumbachova"
imdb_id: "nm0472695"
tmdb_id: 544648
wikidata_id: "Q11881238"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "12 November 1923"
died: "13 January 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-26T16:09:36.186414+00:00"
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# Ester Krumbachová

## Identity

Ester Krumbachová

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ester-krumbachova
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ester-krumbachova
- **IMDb ID:** nm0472695
- **TMDB ID:** 544648
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11881238
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ester_Krumbachov%C3%A1, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11881238, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0472695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/544648

Costume designer. Born 12 November 1923 in Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. Died 13 January 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 12 November 1923, Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- **Died:** 13 January 1996
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ester_Krumbachov%C3%A1, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11881238, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0472695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/544648

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Daisies*](https://film.one/film/daisies.md) (85)

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## Biography

Ester Krumbachová (1923–1996) was a Czech costume designer, art director, screenwriter and occasional director, closely associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave. She studied applied arts and began her career in theatre before moving to film at Barrandov Studios in the early 1960s, where she worked on more than forty productions.

She is best known for her contributions to *Daisies* (1966), on which she co-wrote the screenplay with Věra Chytilová and designed the costumes, and for her work on films including *Diamonds of the Night* (1964), *The Party and the Guests* (1966), *Valerie and Her Week of Wonders* (1970) and *Witchhammer* (1970). Krumbachová also directed the feature *Murdering the Devil* (1970) and later collaborated again with Chytilová on *The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun* (1983). Following the 1968 invasion she was effectively banned from feature films until the 1980s.

*Sources: criterion.com, esterkrumbachova.org, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Daisies* (1966), Fi1m 85, Art Direction, Screenplay, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/daisies.md)

## Complete filmography (66)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Marian* (1996), as Dramaturgy, Art Direction · Costume Design
- *What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government* (1996), Costume Design, Art Direction
- *The life of Jitka and Květa Válová as seen by Ester Krumbachová* (1995), Director
- *GENUS* (1995), series, Director, Writer
- *Ecce Constantia* (1992), Costume Design
- *Lašské tance* (1991), Screenplay
- *The Last Butterfly* (1991), Costume Design
- *Ark of Fools* (1990), as Art Direction · Costume Design
- *Království za kytaru* (1990), Costume Design
- *Guilt* (1990), Writer, Costume Design
- *Fidlovačka aneb Žádný hněv a žádná rvačka* (1990), Screenplay
- *The Ear* (1990), as Art Direction · Costume Design
- *Ustláno na čekankách* (1985), Costume Design
- *The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun* (1984), Screenplay, Art Direction
- *The Brave Blacksmith* (1984), as Art Direction
- *Shoe Show* (1984), as Art Direction
- *Strata* (1983), Writer
- *Povídka Malostranská* (1981), Art Designer
- *The Little Mermaid* (1976), as Art Direction
- *Days of Betrayal* (1973), as Art Direction
- *Byli jednou dva písaři...* (1973), series, Costume Design
- *The Secret of a Great Narrator* (1972), Costume Design
- *Inn At the Flying Dragon* (1972), Costume Design
- *Straw Hat* (1972), Costume Design
- *Jeden ze soubojů* (1972), Costume Design
- *Miláček* (1972), Costume Design
- *Kam slunce nechodí...* (1971), Costume Design
- *Dogs and People* (1971), as Art Direction · Costume Design
- *Dlouhý podzimní den* (1971), Costume Design
- *Jumping Over Puddles* (1971), as Art Direction · Costume Design
- *Valerie and Her Week of Wonders* (1970), Screenplay, Art Direction
- *Killing the Devil* (1970), Story, Lyricist, Director, Art Direction, Costume Design, Screenplay
- *Fruit of Paradise* (1970), Screenplay, Art Direction, Story
- *Aesop* (1970), Costume Design
- *Witchhammer* (1970), as Art Direction · Lyricist, Screenplay
- *All My Good Countrymen* (1969), as Art Direction · Costume Design
- *The Thirteenth Chamber* (1969), Lyricist
- *Čas slunce a růží* (1968), Lyricist
- *Necklace of Melancholy* (1968), as Art Direction · Costume Design
- *A Man Who Rose in Price* (1968), Costume Design
- *Bedtime Story* (1968), Costume Design, Art Direction
- *Ta naše písnička česká* (1967), Costume Design
- *Martyrs of Love* (1967), Screenplay, Story, Art Direction, Lyricist, Costume Design
- *Hotel for Strangers* (1967), as Art Direction · Costume Design
- *Romance for Bugle* (1967), as Art Direction · Costume Design
- *Never Strike A Woman... Even with A Flower* (1967), Costume Design
- *Daisies* (1966), as Art Direction · Screenplay, Costume Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/daisies.md)
- *The Party and the Guests* (1966), Story, Screenplay, Art Direction, Costume Design
- *Carriage to Vienna* (1966), Costume Design
- *Nobody Will Laugh* (1966), Costume Design
- *Long Live the Republic* (1965), Costume Design
- *The Fifth Horseman Is Fear* (1965), Costume Design
- *If a Thousand Clarinets* (1965), Costume Design, Art Direction
- *The Dear Departed* (1964), Costume Design
- *Diamonds of the Night* (1964), Costume Design
- *Revue pro banjo* (1964), Costume Design
- *Půjčovna talentů* (1964), Costume Design
- *Uspořená libra* (1963), Costume Design
- *Kočár nejsvětější svátosti* (1963), Costume Design
- *Ikarie XB 1* (1963), Costume Design
- *The King of Kings* (1963), Costume Design
- *Transport from Paradise* (1963), Costume Design
- *Life Without a Guitar* (1963), Costume Design
- *Harlémská tragedie* (1963), Costume Design
- *Man in Outer Space* (1962), Costume Design
- *Ztracená revue* (1961), Costume Design

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