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Ladislav Smoljak

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Birthdate

1931-12-09

Day of Death

2010-06-06

Place of Birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

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.

Filmography (41)

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⭐ 0 Role: Mareš

Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka

2009
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⭐ 0 Role: narrator

Jiří z Poděbrad

2009
⭐ 7.6 Role: Jan Ámos Komenský

Czech Heaven

2008
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⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Anatomie gagu

2008
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry

2007
⭐ 7.9 Role: Varel Frištenský

The Conquest of the North Pole

2007
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self

Daddy

2004
⭐ 7.1 Role: Headmaster

Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book

1998
⭐ 7.5 Role: Láďa Pýcha

The Nude

1998
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⭐ 0 Role: Self

Cimrmani

1997
⭐ 9.6 Role: Přemysl Hájek, Railway Ganger Ret.

Plum Tree

1997
⭐ 7.3 Role: Inspektor starobinců

Lijavec

1997
⭐ 6.9 Role: Standa

Posel z Liptákova

1997
⭐ 6.9 Role: Grim Reaper

Posel z Liptákova

1997
⭐ 7.0 Role: Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann

Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan

1997