
Ladislav Smoljak
Directing
Born 1931-12-09 · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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
1996 · Movie

Plum Tree
1997 · Movie

Accumulator 1
1994 · Movie

Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
1976 · Movie

Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
1983 · Movie

Secluded, Near Woods
1976 · Movie

An Uncertain Season
1988 · Movie

Bridal Tour to Jilji
1984 · Movie

The Hit
1981 · Movie

Run, Waiter, Run!
1981 · Movie

The Conquest of the North Pole
2007 · Movie

Ball Lightning
1979 · Movie

Joachim, Put It in the Machine
1974 · Movie

Czech Heaven
2008 · Movie

The Nude
1998 · Movie

Blaník
1997 · Movie

Lijavec
1997 · Movie

Daddy
2004 · Movie

Dissolved and Effused
1985 · Movie

Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
1997 · Movie

You Are a Widow, Sir
1971 · Movie

Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
1998 · Movie

Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
1997 · Movie

Crime in the Night Club
1968 · Movie

Joseph Kilian
1964 · Movie

Posel z Liptákova
1997 · Movie

Homolka and Pocketbook
1972 · Movie

Pub in the Glade
1997 · Movie

What's Up Doc?
1985 · Movie

The Immortal Woman
1993 · Movie

To byla svatba, strýčku
1977 · Movie

40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
2007 · Movie