Ladislav Smoljak

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.

Filmography of Ladislav Smoljak

  • Czech Heaven (2008)
  • Long, Broad and Nearsight (2007)
  • The Conquest of the North Pole (2007)
  • 40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry (2007)
  • Cimrman in the World of Music (2006)
  • Africa (2002)
  • Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book (1998)
  • The Nude (1998)
  • Lijavec (1997)
  • Posel z Liptákova (1997)
  • Blaník (1997)
  • Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment (1997)
  • Pub in the Glade (1997)
  • Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan (1997)
  • The Stand In (1997)
  • Plum Tree (1997)
  • Osvětová přednáška v Suché Vrbici (1992)
  • An Uncertain Season (1988)
  • Veselé příhody z natáčení (1988)
  • Dissolved and Effused (1985)
  • Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
  • Run, Waiter, Run! (1981)
  • Ball Lightning (1979)