Ladislav Smoljak

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.

Known For

Krásný ztráty

Zpátky se Sobotou

Kolya

The Hit

Ball Lightning

Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

Run, Waiter, Run!

Czech Heaven

All Movies (41)

• Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka2009 · as Mareš
• Jiří z Poděbrad2009 · as narrator
• Czech Heaven2008 · as Jan Ámos Komenský
• Anatomie gagu2008
• 40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry2007
• The Conquest of the North Pole2007 · as Varel Frištenský
• Daddy2004 · as Self
• Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book1998 · as Headmaster
• The Nude1998 · as Láďa Pýcha
• Cimrmani1997 · as Self
• Plum Tree1997 · as Přemysl Hájek, Railway Ganger Ret.
• Lijavec1997 · as Inspektor starobinců
• Posel z Liptákova1997 · as Standa
• Posel z Liptákova1997 · as Grim Reaper
• Pub in the Glade1997 · as Escapee Kulhánek
• Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment1997 · as Inspector Trachta
• Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan1997 · as Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann
• Blaník1997 · as Veverka z Bitýšky
• Kolya1996 · as Houdek
• A znovu Žebrácká opera1996 · as Self
• Accumulator 11994 · as Caretaker
• The Immortal Woman1993
• Dobytí severního pólu1991 · as Varel Frištenský
• An Uncertain Season1988
• What's Up Doc?1985
• Dissolved and Effused1985
• Bridal Tour to Jilji1984 · as úředník - Ztrátya nálezy
• Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping1983 · as c. k. policajt u Moře v Praze
• The Hit1981 · as Kohoutek, Director
• Run, Waiter, Run!1981 · as psovod
• The Puppet, a Friend of Man1981 · as Director
• Ball Lightning1979 · as Ing. Severín
• Ostrov plný písniček1977
• To byla svatba, strýčku1977 · as Viktor
• Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!1976 · as Tuček
• Secluded, Near Woods1976 · as Radim Zvon
• Joachim, Put It in the Machine1974 · as vedoucí servisu Karfík
• Homolka and Pocketbook1972 · as hotelový host
• You Are a Widow, Sir1971 · as kritik v divadle
• Crime in the Night Club1968 · as Novinár
• Joseph Kilian1964

All TV Shows (5)

• Zpátky se Sobotou2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Největší Čech2005 · as Ladislav Smoljak
• Krásný ztráty2000 · as Self
• Cimrman sobě1991
• Veselé příhody z natáčení1988