Ladislav Smoljak

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
Kolya
1996
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
1976
Run, Waiter, Run!
Run, Waiter, Run!
1981
Secluded, Near Woods
Secluded, Near Woods
1976
Accumulator 1
Accumulator 1
1994
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
1974
You Are a Widow, Sir
You Are a Widow, Sir
1971
Joseph Kilian
Joseph Kilian
1964
Ball Lightning
Ball Lightning
1979
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
1983

Filmography

  1. 2012

    Zpátky se SobotouTV

    as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

  2. 2009

    Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka

    as Mareš, Director

  3. 2009

  4. 2008

    Czech Heaven

    as Jan Ámos Komenský, Writer, Director

  5. 2008

  6. 2007

  7. 2007

  8. 2007

    The Conquest of the North Pole

    as Varel Frištenský, Director, Theatre Play, Stage Director

  9. 2006

    Cimrman in the World of Music

    Director, Screenplay

  10. 2005

    Největší ČechTV

    as Ladislav Smoljak (1 episode)

  11. 2004

    Daddy

    as Self

  12. 2002

    Africa

    Director, Writer

  13. 2000

    Krásný ztrátyTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  14. 1998

    Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book

    as Headmaster, Director, Writer

  15. 1998

    The Nude

    as Láďa Pýcha, Director, Writer

  16. 1997

    Cimrmani

    as Self

  17. 1997

    Plum Tree

    as Přemysl Hájek, Railway Ganger Ret., Director, Writer

  18. 1997

    The Stand In

    Director, Writer

  19. 1997

  20. 1997

    Lijavec

    as Inspektor starobinců, Director, Author

  21. 1997

    Posel z Liptákova

    as Standa, as Grim Reaper, Director, Writer

  22. 1997

    Pub in the Glade

    as Escapee Kulhánek, Director, Writer

  23. 1997

    Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment

    as Inspector Trachta, Director, Writer

  24. 1997

    Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan

    as Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann, Director, Writer

  25. 1997

    Blaník

    as Veverka z Bitýšky, Director, Writer

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