Ladislav Smoljak

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-12-09 (79 years old)

Deathday

2010-06-06

Place of Birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

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.

Acting

1979

Ball Lightning

as Ing. Severín

1997

Lijavec

as Inspektor starobinců

1976

1981

The Hit

as Kohoutek, Director

1997

1997

Posel z Liptákova

as Grim Reaper

2009

2008

Czech Heaven

as Jan Ámos Komenský

1997

Pub in the Glade

as Escapee Kulhánek

1997

1997

Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan

as Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann

1985

The Conquest of the North Pole

as Varel Frištenský

1997

Plum Tree

as Přemysl Hájek, Railway Ganger Ret.

1998

The Nude

as Láďa Pýcha

1997

Blaník

as Veverka z Bitýšky

1974

Joachim, Put It in the Machine

as vedoucí servisu Karfík

2004

Daddy

as Self

1984

Bridal Tour to Jilji

as úředník - Ztrátya nálezy

1996

Kolya

as Houdek

1983

Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

as c. k. policajt u Moře v Praze

1971

You Are a Widow, Sir

as kritik v divadle

1981

1972

Homolka and Pocketbook

as hotelový host

1997

Cimrmani

as Self

1994

Accumulator 1

as Caretaker

Production

1979

Ball Lightning

as Director

1981

1985

1997

Lijavec

as Director

1997

Lijavec

as Author

1988

1981

The Hit

as Screenplay

2002

Africa

as Director

2002

Africa

as Writer

1997

1997

1998

The Nude

as Director

1997

Blaník

as Director

1997

Blaník

as Writer

2008

Czech Heaven

as Writer

2008

Czech Heaven

as Director

1997

Pub in the Glade

as Director

1997

1997

The Stand In

as Director

1997

The Stand In

as Writer

1997

Plum Tree

as Director

1997

Plum Tree

as Writer

1979

Ball Lightning

as Screenplay

1976

1985

1984

Inzerát

as Screenplay

1977

Dveře

as Director

1992

1976

1979

1984

Inzerát

as Story

1984

Inzerát

as Director

1981

The Hit

as Story

1985

Dissolved and Effused

as Theatre Play

1998

The Nude

as Writer

1990

Tvrdý chleba

as Director

1990

Tvrdý chleba

as Screenplay

1988

An Uncertain Season

as Screenplay

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