Ladislav Smoljak
Director
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.
Filmography
Kolya
as Houdek 1996
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
as Tuček 1976
Run, Waiter, Run!
as psovod 1981
Secluded, Near Woods
as Radim Zvon 1976
Accumulator 1
as Caretaker 1994
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
as vedoucí servisu Karfík 1974
You Are a Widow, Sir
as kritik v divadle 1971
Joseph Kilian
1964
Ball Lightning
as Ing. Severín 1979
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
as c. k. policajt u Moře v Praze 1983
Dissolved and Effused
1985
The Immortal Woman
1993
Homolka and Pocketbook
as hotelový host 1972
The Hit
as Kohoutek, Director 1981
Crime in the Night Club
as Novinár 1968
An Uncertain Season
1988
Czech Heaven
as Jan Ámos Komenský 2008