Ladislav Smoljak

Known for

Directing

Born

December 9, 1931

Birthplace

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Died

June 6, 2010 (aged 78)

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.

Best known work

Kolya

1996

Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!

1976

Run, Waiter, Run!

1981

Secluded, Near Woods

1976

Accumulator 1

1994

Joachim, Put It in the Machine

1974

You Are a Widow, Sir

1971

Joseph Kilian

1964

Ball Lightning

1979

Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

1983

Filmography

2012
Zpátky se SobotouTV
as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2009
Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka
as Mareš, Director
2009
Jiří z Poděbrad
as narrator
2008
Czech Heaven
as Jan Ámos Komenský, Writer, Director
2008
Anatomie gagu
2007
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
Screenplay, Director
2007
Long, Broad and Nearsight
Director, Writer
2007
The Conquest of the North Pole
as Varel Frištenský, Director, Theatre Play, Stage Director
2006
Cimrman in the World of Music
Director, Screenplay
2005
Největší ČechTV
as Ladislav Smoljak (1 episode)
2004
Daddy
as Self
2002
Africa
Director, Writer
2000
Krásný ztrátyTV
as Self (1 episode)
1998
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
as Headmaster, Director, Writer
1998
The Nude
as Láďa Pýcha, Director, Writer
1997
Cimrmani
as Self
1997
Plum Tree
as Přemysl Hájek, Railway Ganger Ret., Director, Writer
1997
The Stand In
Director, Writer
1997
Dvě z policejní brašny
Director
1997
Lijavec
as Inspektor starobinců, Director, Author
1997
Posel z Liptákova
as Standa, as Grim Reaper, Director, Writer
1997
Pub in the Glade
as Escapee Kulhánek, Director, Writer
1997
Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
as Inspector Trachta, Director, Writer
1997
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
as Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann, Director, Writer
1997
Blaník
as Veverka z Bitýšky, Director, Writer