Ladislav Smoljak
Directing • Born 1931-12-09 – Died 2010-06-06
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.
Filmography
46 credits
Ostrov plný písniček
Movie • 1977
Ball Lightning
Movie • 1979
Ing. Severín
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
Movie • 1998
Headmaster
Lijavec
Movie • 1997
Inspektor starobinců
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Movie • 1976
Tuček
Secluded, Near Woods
Movie • 1976
Radim Zvon
An Uncertain Season
Movie • 1988
The Hit
Movie • 1981
Kohoutek, Director
Posel z Liptákova
Movie • 1997
Standa
Posel z Liptákova
Movie • 1997
Grim Reaper
Joseph Kilian
Movie • 1964
Jiří z Poděbrad
Movie • 2009
narrator
Czech Heaven
Movie • 2008
Jan Ámos Komenský
Pub in the Glade
Movie • 1997
Escapee Kulhánek
Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
Movie • 1997
Inspector Trachta
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
Movie • 1997
Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann
The Conquest of the North Pole
Movie • 2007
Varel Frištenský
Plum Tree
Movie • 1997
Přemysl Hájek, Railway Ganger Ret.
The Nude
Movie • 1998
Láďa Pýcha
Blaník
Movie • 1997
Veverka z Bitýšky
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
Movie • 1974
vedoucí servisu Karfík
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
Movie • 2007
What's Up Doc?
Movie • 1985
Daddy
Movie • 2004
Self
The Puppet, a Friend of Man
Movie • 1981
Director
A znovu Žebrácká opera
Movie • 1996
Self
Bridal Tour to Jilji
Movie • 1984
úředník - Ztrátya nálezy
Anatomie gagu
Movie • 2008
Kolya
Movie • 1996
Houdek
Dissolved and Effused
Movie • 1985
Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka
Movie • 2009
Mareš
To byla svatba, strýčku
Movie • 1977
Viktor
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
Movie • 1983
c. k. policajt u Moře v Praze
Crime in the Night Club
Movie • 1968
Novinár
You Are a Widow, Sir
Movie • 1971
kritik v divadle
Run, Waiter, Run!
Movie • 1981
psovod
Homolka and Pocketbook
Movie • 1972
hotelový host
Cimrmani
Movie • 1997
Self
The Immortal Woman
Movie • 1993
Accumulator 1
Movie • 1994
Caretaker
Dobytí severního pólu
Movie • 1991
Varel Frištenský
Cimrman sobě
TV • 1991
Veselé příhody z natáčení
TV • 1988
Největší Čech
TV • 2005
Ladislav Smoljak
Krásný ztráty
TV • 2000
Self
Zpátky se Sobotou
TV • 2012
Self (archive footage)