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.
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Filmography
all 50
Movies 44
Director 16
self 7
TV Shows 6
Writer 4
Narrator 1
Self (archive footage)
Zpátky se Sobotou (2012)
TV
Mareš / Director
Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka (2009)
Movie
narrator
Jiří z Poděbrad (2009)
Movie
Jan Ámos Komenský
Czech Heaven (2008)
Movie
Director
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry (2007)
Movie
Director
Long, Broad and Nearsight (2007)
Movie
Director
Cimrman in the World of Music (2006)
Movie
Ladislav Smoljak
Největší Čech (2005)
TV
Self
Daddy (2004)
Movie
Director
Africa (2002)
Movie
Self
Krásný ztráty (2000)
TV
Schoolmaster
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book (1998)
Movie
Ladislav Pýcha
The Nude (1998)
Movie
Self
Cimrmani (1997)
Movie
Premysl Hájek - Retired Railway Watchman
Plum Tree (1997)
Movie
Director
The Stand In (1997)
Movie
Director
Dvě z policejní brašny (1997)
Movie
Knight Veverka z Bitýsky
Blaník (1997)
Movie
Inspector Václav Trachta
Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment (1997)
Movie
Actor
Posel z Liptákova (1997)
Movie
Director
Lijavec (1997)
Movie
Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan (1997)
Movie
Prisoner
Pub in the Glade (1997)
Movie
Houdek
Kolya (1996)
Movie
1
Self
Úsměvy (1996)
TV
Self
A znovu Žebrácká opera (1996)
Movie
Director
Ať ten kůň mlčí! (1992)
Movie
Story
Cimrman sobě (1991)
TV
Kydal
An Uncertain Season (1988)
Movie
7.33
Actor
Veselé příhody z natáčení (1988)
TV
Director
The Conquest of the North Pole (1985)
Movie
Director
Dissolved and Effused (1984)
Movie
Director
Inzerát (1984)
Movie
What's Up Doc? (1984)
Movie
Director
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Movie
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úředník - Ztrátya nálezy
Bridal Tour to Jilji (1983)
Movie
Writer
The Hit (1981)
Movie
Director
Run, Waiter, Run! (1981)
Movie
The Puppet, a Friend of Man (1981)
Movie
Director
Ball Lightning (1979)
Movie
Ostrov plný písniček (1977)
Movie
Director
Dveře (1977)
Movie
Viktor
To byla svatba, strýčku (1977)
Movie
Writer
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Movie
Writer
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Movie
Writer
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Movie
hotelový host
Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
Movie
kritik v divadle
You Are a Widow, Sir (1971)
Movie
Novinár
Crime in the Night Club (1968)
Movie
Joseph Kilian (1964)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.29
Based on 32.3 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1964
1981
1996
1985
2012
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1931-12-09
Deathday2010-06-06 (78 years old)
Birth PlacePrague, Czech Republic
ChildrenDavid Smoljak, Filip Smoljak
CitizenshipsCzechoslovakia, Czech Republic
AwardsCzech Medal of Merit
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