Ladislav Smoljak
Born: 1931-12-09 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Died: 2010-06-06
Known For: Directing
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
2012
- Zpátky se Sobotou as Self (archive footage)
2009
- Jiří z Poděbrad as narrator
- Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka as Mareš
2008
- Czech Heaven as Jan Ámos Komenský
- Anatomie gagu
2007
- The Conquest of the North Pole as Varel Frištenský
- 40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
- Long, Broad and Nearsight ... (Director)
2006
- Cimrman in the World of Music ... (Director)
2005
- Největší Čech as Ladislav Smoljak
2004
- Daddy as Self
2002
- Africa ... (Director)
2000
- Krásný ztráty as Self
1998
- Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book as Headmaster
- The Nude as Láďa Pýcha
1997
- Blaník as Veverka z Bitýšky
- Lijavec as Inspektor starobinců
- Posel z Liptákova as Standa
- Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan as Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann
- The Stand In ... (Director)
- Dvě z policejní brašny ... (Director)
- Cimrmani as Self
- Plum Tree as Přemysl Hájek, Railway Ganger Ret.
- Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment as Inspector Trachta
- Pub in the Glade as Escapee Kulhánek
1996
- Kolya as Houdek
- A znovu Žebrácká opera as Self
1994
- Accumulator 1 as Caretaker
1993
1992
- Osvětová přednáška v Suché Vrbici ... (Director)
- Ať ten kůň mlčí! ... (Director)
1991
- Cimrman sobě
- Motýl na anténě ... (Director)
- Dobytí severního pólu as Varel Frištenský
1990
- Tvrdý chleba ... (Director)
1984
- Inzerát ... (Screenplay)
- Bridal Tour to Jilji as úředník - Ztrátya nálezy
1983
- Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping as c. k. policajt u Moře v Praze
1981
- Run, Waiter, Run! as psovod
- The Hit as Kohoutek, Director
- The Puppet, a Friend of Man as Director
1979
- Ball Lightning as Ing. Severín
1977
- To byla svatba, strýčku as Viktor
- Dveře ... (Director)
- Ostrov plný písniček
1976
- Secluded, Near Woods as Radim Zvon
- Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! as Tuček
1974
- Joachim, Put It in the Machine as vedoucí servisu Karfík
1972
- Homolka and Pocketbook as hotelový host
1971
- You Are a Widow, Sir as kritik v divadle
1968
- Crime in the Night Club as Novinár