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

Krásný ztráty

Self

Kolya

Houdek

Zpátky se Sobotou

Self (archive footage)

Daddy

Self

Run, Waiter, Run!

psovod

Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

c. k. policajt u Moře v Praze

Filmography

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

Year	TV Show	Role
2012	Zpátky se Sobotou	Self (archive footage)
2005	Největší Čech	Ladislav Smoljak
2000	Krásný ztráty	Self
1991	Cimrman sobě
1988	Veselé příhody z natáčení