Ladislav Smoljak

Biography

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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

Ball Lightning
Ball Lightning
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
Lijavec
Lijavec
Secluded, Near Woods
Secluded, Near Woods
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
An Uncertain Season
An Uncertain Season
The Hit
The Hit
Posel z Liptákova
Posel z Liptákova
Posel z Liptákova
Posel z Liptákova

Filmography

2012 Zpátky se Sobotou
as Self (archive footage)
2009 Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka
as Mareš
2009 Jiří z Poděbrad
as narrator
2008 Czech Heaven
as Jan Ámos Komenský
2008 Anatomie gagu
as
2007 40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
as
2005 Největší Čech
as Ladislav Smoljak
2004 Daddy
as Self
2000 Krásný ztráty
as Self
1998 Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
as Headmaster
1998 The Nude
as Láďa Pýcha
1997 Cimrmani
as Self
1997 Plum Tree
as Přemysl Hájek, Railway Ganger Ret.
1997 Lijavec
as Inspektor starobinců
1997 Posel z Liptákova
as Standa
1997 Posel z Liptákova
as Grim Reaper
1997 Pub in the Glade
as Escapee Kulhánek
1997 Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
as Inspector Trachta
1997 Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
as Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann
1997 Blaník
as Veverka z Bitýšky