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.
Filmography
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Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka
2009
as Mareš
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Jiří z Poděbrad
2009
as narrator
Czech Heaven
2008
as Jan Ámos Komenský
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Anatomie gagu
2008
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
2007
The Conquest of the North Pole
2007
as Varel Frištenský
Daddy
2004
as Self
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
1998
as Headmaster
The Nude
1998
as Láďa Pýcha
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Cimrmani
1997
as Self
Plum Tree
1997
as Přemysl Hájek, Railway Ganger Ret.
Lijavec
1997
as Inspektor starobinců
Posel z Liptákova
1997
as Standa
Posel z Liptákova
1997
as Grim Reaper
Pub in the Glade
1997
as Escapee Kulhánek
Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
1997
as Inspector Trachta
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
1997
as Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann
Blaník
1997
as Veverka z Bitýšky
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A znovu Žebrácká opera
1996
as Self
Kolya
1996
as Houdek
Accumulator 1
1994
as Caretaker
The Immortal Woman
1993
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Dobytí severního pólu
1991
as Varel Frištenský
An Uncertain Season
1988