Director
Ladislav Smoljak
December 9, 1931 · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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.
Often works with
Zdeněk Svěrák
15 titles together
Kolya, Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!, Run, Waiter, Run!
Petr Brukner
7 titles together
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!, Secluded, Near Woods, Ball Lightning
Josef Abrhám
6 titles together
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!, Run, Waiter, Run!, Ball Lightning
Jaroslav Weigel
5 titles together
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!, Dissolved and Effused, An Uncertain Season
Libuše Šafránková
4 titles together
Kolya, Run, Waiter, Run!, Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
Jaroslav Vozáb
4 titles together
Secluded, Near Woods, Ball Lightning, Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
Full filmography · 39
Czech Heaven
as Jan Ámos Komenský and Director and Writer
2008
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
cast and Director
2007
Long, Broad and Nearsight
Director and Writer
2007
The Conquest of the North Pole
as Varel Frištenský and Director
2007
Cimrman in the World of Music
Director
2006
Africa
Writer and Director
2002
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
as Headmaster and Writer and Director
1998
The Nude
as Láďa Pýcha and Director and Writer
1998
Plum Tree
as Přemysl Hájek, Railway Ganger Ret. and Director and Writer
1997
The Stand In
Writer and Director
1997Dvě z policejní brašny
Director
1997
Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
as Inspector Trachta and Director and Writer
1997