Biography

Ester Krumbachová was born on November 12, 1923 in Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was a costume designer and writer, known for Killing the Devil (1970), Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) and Daisies (1966). She was married to Jan Němec, Slavicek Pisarik and Jaroslav Kučera. She died on January 13, 1996 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Her name is pronounced "Eh-sther Croom-bakh-ovaah".

Her name is pronounced "Es-ther Kroom-bakh-oh-vaa".

[on her work as costume designer] Costume is not about clothing. Costume, both for the film and the theatre, is an event. Something from the story must happen in the costume. I myself have developed certain tricks. For example I would make one sleeve slightly shorter than the other. No one would really notice but there is a certain discord. Costume designers should understand that they are not dressing people in trousers or hats or shirts. They should see them as a way of modeling the character that is supposed to play in the film.