Ladislav Smoljak
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ladislav Smoljak (9 December 1931 – 6 June 2010) was a Czech film and theater director, actor and screenwriter. He was born in Prague. Smoljak tried to study at an art academy but failed the admission process. He went on to study physics and mathematics, and later worked as journalist and scriptwriter. Together with Zdeněk Svěrák he founded the Theater of Jára Cimrman (Divadlo Járy Cimrmana, DJC) in Prague, named after a fictitious genius. Smoljak wrote scripts and directed several films; these became very successful in the Czech Republic. He died of cancer on 6 June 2010 in Kladno.
Personal Details
Movies (45)
Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka
as Mareš
2009
Jiří z Poděbrad
as narrator
2009
Czech Heaven
as Jan Ámos Komenský
2008
Anatomie gagu
2008
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
2007
Long, Broad and Nearsight
Director (Directing)
2007
The Conquest of the North Pole
as Varel Frištenský
2007
Cimrman in the World of Music
Director (Directing)
2006
Daddy
as Self
2004
Africa
Director (Directing)
2002
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
as Headmaster
1998
The Nude
as Láďa Pýcha
1998
Cimrmani
as Self
1997
Plum Tree
as Přemysl Hájek, Railway Ganger Ret.
1997
The Stand In
Director (Directing)
1997
Dvě z policejní brašny
Director (Directing)
1997
Lijavec
as Inspektor starobinců
1997
Posel z Liptákova
as Standa
1997
Pub in the Glade
as Escapee Kulhánek
1997
Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
as Inspector Trachta
1997
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
as Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann
1997
Blaník
as Veverka z Bitýšky
1997
Kolya
as Houdek
1996
A znovu Žebrácká opera
as Self
1996
Accumulator 1
as Caretaker
1994
The Immortal Woman
1993
Ať ten kůň mlčí!
Director (Directing)
1992
Osvětová přednáška v Suché Vrbici
Director (Directing)
1992
Motýl na anténě
Director (Directing)
1991
Dobytí severního pólu
as Varel Frištenský
1991
Tvrdý chleba
Director (Directing)
1990
An Uncertain Season
1988
What's Up Doc?
1985
Dissolved and Effused
1985
Bridal Tour to Jilji
as úředník - Ztrátya nálezy
1984
Inzerát
Screenplay (Writing)
1984
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
as c. k. policajt u Moře v Praze
1983
The Hit
as Kohoutek, Director
1981
Run, Waiter, Run!
as psovod
1981
The Puppet, a Friend of Man
as Director
1981
Ball Lightning
as Ing. Severín
1979
Ostrov plný písniček
1977
Dveře
Director (Directing)
1977
To byla svatba, strýčku
as Viktor
1977
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
as Tuček
1976
