Ladislav Smoljak

Personal Info

Birthday

December 9, 1931

Day of Death

2010-06-06

(78 years old)

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.

Known For

Kolya

Accumulator 1

Run, Waiter, Run!

Největší Čech

Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!

Ball Lightning

Secluded, Near Woods

You Are a Widow, Sir

Filmography

2009
Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka
as Mareš
Jiří z Poděbrad
as narrator
2008
Czech Heaven
as Jan Ámos Komenský
2004
Daddy
as Self
1998
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
as Headmaster
The Nude
as Láďa Pýcha
1997
Cimrmani
as Self
Plum Tree
as Přemysl Hájek, Railway Ganger Ret.
Blaník
as Veverka z Bitýšky
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
as Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann
Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
as Inspector Trachta
Posel z Liptákova
as Standa
Lijavec
as Inspektor starobinců
Pub in the Glade
as Escapee Kulhánek
1996
Kolya
as Houdek
A znovu Žebrácká opera
as Self
1994
Accumulator 1
as Caretaker
1985
The Conquest of the North Pole
as Varel Frištenský
1984
Bridal Tour to Jilji
as úředník - Ztrátya nálezy
1983
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
as c. k. policajt u Moře v Praze
1981
The Hit
as Kohoutek, Director
Run, Waiter, Run!
as psovod
The Puppet, a Friend of Man
as Director
1979
Ball Lightning
as Ing. Severín
1977
To byla svatba, strýčku
as Viktor
1976
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
as Tuček
Secluded, Near Woods
as Radim Zvon
1974
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
as vedoucí servisu Karfík
1972
Homolka and Pocketbook
as hotelový host
1971
You Are a Widow, Sir
as kritik v divadle
1968
Crime in the Night Club
as Novinár