Ladislav Smoljak
Directing Born Dec 9, 1931 Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] 24 credits
Biography
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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.
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Full filmography
- Krásný ztráty (2000) as Self
- Kolya (1996) as Houdek
- Ball Lightning (1979) as Ing. Severín
- Zpátky se Sobotou (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- Cimrman sobě (1991)
- Největší Čech (2005) as Ladislav Smoljak
- Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974) as vedoucí servisu Karfík
- Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976) as Tuček
- Veselé příhody z natáčení (1988)
- The Hit (1981) as Kohoutek, Director
- Run, Waiter, Run! (1981) as psovod
- Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983) as c. k. policajt u Moře v Praze
- You Are a Widow, Sir (1971) as kritik v divadle
- Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan (1997) as Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann
- To byla svatba, strýčku (1977) as Viktor
- The Immortal Woman (1993)
- Secluded, Near Woods (1976) as Radim Zvon
- Accumulator 1 (1994) as Caretaker
- Homolka and Pocketbook (1972) as hotelový host
- Czech Heaven (2008) as Jan Ámos Komenský
- Crime in the Night Club (1968) as Novinár
- Dissolved and Effused (1985)
- Blaník (1997) as Veverka z Bitýšky
- What's Up Doc? (1985)