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Ladislav Smoljak (9 December 1931 – 6 June 2010) was a Czech film and theater director, actor and screenwriter.




Biography


Smoljak was born in Prague. He 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






= Screenplay

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1974 Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje! (with Zdeněk Svěrák and Oldřich Lipský)
1976 Marečku, podejte mi pero! (with Zdeněk Svěrák)
1976 Na samotě u lesa (with Zdeněk Svěrák)
1978 Ball Lightning (with Zdeněk Svěrák and Zdeněk Podskalský)
1980 Trhák (with Zdeněk Svěrák)
1983 Jára Cimrman ležící, spící (with Zdeněk Svěrák)
1984 Rozpuštěný a vypuštěný (with Zdeněk Svěrák)
1987 Nejistá sezóna (with Zdeněk Svěrák)




= Director

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1978 Ball Lightning (with Zdeněk Podskalský)
1981 Vrchní, prchni!
1983 Jára Cimrman ležící, spící
1984 Rozpuštěný a vypuštěný
1987 Nejistá sezóna
1990 Tvrdý chleba – TV film
1990 Motýl na anténě – TV film
1992 Osvětová přednáška v Suché Vrbici – TV film
1992 Ať ten kůň mlčí! – TV film
1996 Dvě z policejní brašny – TV film




References






External links


Ladislav Smoljak at IMDb
Biography (in Czech) Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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