Ladislav Smoljak
Biography
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
Top 40 Movies
Ball Lightning
1979
Czech Heaven
2008
Daddy
2004
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
1997
Kolya
1996
Lijavec
1997
Blaník
1997
An Uncertain Season
1988
Accumulator 1
1994
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
1976
You Are a Widow, Sir
1971
Run, Waiter, Run!
1981
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
1974
The Immortal Woman
1993
Secluded, Near Woods
1976
Homolka and Pocketbook
1972
The Hit
1981
Dissolved and Effused
1985
To byla svatba, strýčku
1977
Joseph Kilian
1964
Plum Tree
1997
What's Up Doc?
1985
Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
1997
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
1998
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
1983
Crime in the Night Club
1968
The Nude
1998
Bridal Tour to Jilji
1984
Posel z Liptákova
1997
Posel z Liptákova
1997
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
2007
The Conquest of the North Pole
2007
Pub in the Glade
1997