Ladislav Smoljak
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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 | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.134 |
| Birthday | 1931-12-09 |
| Place of Birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] |
| Also Known As |
1979
Ball Lightning
6.895/19
A comedy about exchange of 12 apartments , which, its organizer, lawyer Radosta, rightly called Action Ball Lightning. To prepare, organize and execut...
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Ball Lightning
1985
What's Up Doc?
6/5
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What's Up Doc?
1998
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
7.1/5
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Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
1997
Lijavec
7.3/5
When late in life was presenting Cimrman his artistic activity, came arresting knowledge: none of the works he had signed, not recognition. And so he...
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Lijavec
1976
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
7.824/54
This comedy is about one average family. The father works as master in the factory and his son is studying on high school. One day father must start t...
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Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
1976
Secluded, Near Woods
7.3/35
The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However, old Mr Komarek seems reluctant to sell the...
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Secluded, Near Woods
1988
An Uncertain Season
7.8/7
The small group of actors have to face many problems while preparing a new performance.
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An Uncertain Season
1981
The Hit
7.4/7
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The Hit
1997
Posel z Liptákova
6.9/4
Two passenger cars went to the team in Prague Cimrmanologists Liptáková in Jizera mountains to explore the rugged region Cimrman age. Already the jour...
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Posel z Liptákova
1997
Posel z Liptákova
6.9/4
Two passenger cars went to the team in Prague Cimrmanologists Liptáková in Jizera mountains to explore the rugged region Cimrman age. Already the jour...
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Posel z Liptákova
1998
The Nude
7.5/5
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The Nude
1997
Blaník
7.7/5
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Blaník
2008
Czech Heaven
7.4/7
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Czech Heaven
1997
Pub in the Glade
6.4/4
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Pub in the Glade
1997
Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
6.2/6
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Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
1997
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
7/1
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Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
1985
The Conquest of the North Pole
7.8/7
Cimrman's play about Czech expedition to north pole.
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The Conquest of the North Pole
1997
Plum Tree
10/3
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Plum Tree
2007
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
0/0
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40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
1974
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
7.2/32
A sincere provincial young man, Frantisek Koudelka leaves to work in Prague. For the trip he buys a computer made horoscope with biorhythms charts, ma...
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Joachim, Put It in the Machine
2004
Daddy
6.3/3
This film is a documentary-style look at the life of the beloved Czech actor, Zdeněk Svěrák.
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Daddy
1984
Bridal Tour to Jilji
7.7/3
A scientist meets a nice girl and they start dating. He decides the only way to find out for sure if she’s the one is to take a long trip with her, bu...
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Bridal Tour to Jilji
1996
Kolya
7.376/173
After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not lo...
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Kolya
2009
Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka
0/0
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Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka
1977
To byla svatba, strýčku
0/0
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To byla svatba, strýčku
1983
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
8/17
Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak, about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrman (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminal...
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Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
1971
You Are a Widow, Sir
6.896/24
After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill...
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You Are a Widow, Sir
1968
Crime in the Night Club
5.9/8
A black comedy set in a Prague cabaret.
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Crime in the Night Club
1981
Run, Waiter, Run!
7.1/38
A comedy concerning a down on his luck bookshop owner with a penchant for women who decides to make some money by pretending to be a waiter and collec...
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Run, Waiter, Run!
1972
Homolka and Pocketbook
7/9
The husband and wife Ludva and Hedus Homolkas with their twins Péta and Máta and Ludva's parents - the granny and grandpa - arrive in the snowy Spindl...
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Homolka and Pocketbook
1997
Cimrmani
0/0
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Cimrmani
1964
Joseph Kilian
6.65/20
The story is about Harold, an isolated figure in an overwhelming world of totalitarian bureaucracy. Harold tries to find the elusive Joseph Kilian, an...
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Joseph Kilian
1977
Ostrov plný písniček
0/0
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Ostrov plný písniček
2009
Jiří z Poděbrad
0/0
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Jiří z Poděbrad
1981
The Puppet, a Friend of Man
0/0
Anecdotes about the relationship between puppets and mankind.
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The Puppet, a Friend of Man
1996
A znovu Žebrácká opera
0/0
Two different productions of Václav Havel's Beggar's Opera reveal the political dynamics of Czechoslovakia before and after the velvet revolution.
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A znovu Žebrácká opera
2008
Anatomie gagu
0/0
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