Ladislav Smoljak
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 (45 Appearances)
Zpátky se Sobotou
Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka
Jiří z Poděbrad
Czech Heaven
Anatomie gagu
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
The Conquest of the North Pole
Největší Čech
Daddy
Krásný ztráty
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
The Nude
Cimrmani
Plum Tree
Pub in the Glade
Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
Lijavec
Blaník
Posel z Liptákova
Kolya
A znovu Žebrácká opera
Accumulator 1
The Immortal Woman
Cimrman sobě
Dobytí severního pólu
An Uncertain Season
Veselé příhody z natáčení
What's Up Doc?
Dissolved and Effused
Bridal Tour to Jilji
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
The Hit
Run, Waiter, Run!
The Puppet, a Friend of Man
Ball Lightning
Ostrov plný písniček
To byla svatba, strýčku
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Secluded, Near Woods
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
Homolka and Pocketbook
You Are a Widow, Sir
Crime in the Night Club
Joseph Kilian