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.

Directed

1. Run, Waiter, Run! (1981) — Director
2. Ball Lightning (1979) — Director
3. Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983) — Director
4. Dissolved and Effused (1985) — Director
5. An Uncertain Season (1988) — Director
6. Czech Heaven (2008) — Director
7. Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment (1997) — Director
8. The Conquest of the North Pole (2007) — Director
9. Blaník (1997) — Director
10. Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book (1998) — Director
11. Lijavec (1997) — Director
12. The Nude (1998) — Director
13. Plum Tree (1997) — Director
14. Posel z Liptákova (1997) — Director
15. Pub in the Glade (1997) — Director
16. Long, Broad and Nearsight (2007) — Director
17. The Stand In (1997) — Director
18. Africa (2002) — Director
19. Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan (1997) — Director
20. Cimrman in the World of Music (2006) — Director
21. Dveře (1977) — Director
22. Ať ten kůň mlčí! (1992) — Director
23. Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka (2009) — Director
24. Inzerát (1984) — Director
25. 40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry (2007) — Director
26. Dvě z policejní brašny (1997) — Director
27. Tvrdý chleba (1990) — Director
28. Motýl na anténě (1991) — Director
29. Osvětová přednáška v Suché Vrbici (1992) — Director
30. Dobytí severního pólu (1991) — Director
31. Veselé příhody z natáčení (1988) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Kolya (1996) — Houdek
2. Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976) — Tuček
3. Run, Waiter, Run! (1981) — psovod
4. Secluded, Near Woods (1976) — Radim Zvon
5. Accumulator 1 (1994) — Caretaker
6. Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974) — vedoucí servisu Karfík
7. You Are a Widow, Sir (1971) — kritik v divadle
8. Ball Lightning (1979) — Ing. Severín
9. Joseph Kilian (1964)
10. Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983) — c. k. policajt u Moře v Praze
11. Dissolved and Effused (1985)
12. The Immortal Woman (1993)
13. Homolka and Pocketbook (1972) — hotelový host
14. An Uncertain Season (1988)
15. The Hit (1981) — Kohoutek, Director
16. What's Up Doc? (1985)
17. Crime in the Night Club (1968) — Novinár
18. Czech Heaven (2008) — Jan Ámos Komenský
19. Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment (1997) — Inspector Trachta
20. The Conquest of the North Pole (2007) — Varel Frištenský
21. Blaník (1997) — Veverka z Bitýšky
22. Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book (1998) — Headmaster
23. Lijavec (1997) — Inspektor starobinců
24. Plum Tree (1997) — Přemysl Hájek, Railway Ganger Ret.
25. The Nude (1998) — Láďa Pýcha
26. Posel z Liptákova (1997) — Standa
27. Pub in the Glade (1997) — Escapee Kulhánek
28. Daddy (2004) — Self
29. Bridal Tour to Jilji (1984) — úředník - Ztrátya nálezy
30. Krásný ztráty (2000) — Self
31. Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan (1997) — Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann
32. Ostrov plný písniček (1977)
33. Jiří z Poděbrad (2009) — narrator
34. 40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry (2007)
35. The Puppet, a Friend of Man (1981) — Director
36. A znovu Žebrácká opera (1996) — Self
37. Anatomie gagu (2008)
38. Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka (2009) — Mareš
39. To byla svatba, strýčku (1977) — Viktor
40. Cimrmani (1997) — Self