Ladislav Smoljak
{{Short description|Czech director, actor, and screenwriter (1931–2010)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Ladislav Smoljak na Světu knihy 2010.JPG
| caption = Ladislav Smoljak in 2010
| name = Ladislav Smoljak
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|12|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|6|6|1931|12|9|df=y}}
| death_place = Kladno, Czech Republic
| othername =
| occupation = Actor, Director, Screenwriter
| yearsactive = 1966–2010
}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/lide/odesli-petr-muk-vladimir-dlouhy-a-ladislav-smoljak_189879.html|title=Odešli Petr Muk, Vladimír Dlouhý a Ladislav Smoljak|date=31 December 2010|website=tyden.cz|language=cs}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.novinky.cz/kultura/clanek/zemrel-ladislav-smoljak-jeden-z-otcu-jary-cimrmana-36786|title=Zemřel Ladislav Smoljak, jeden z otců Járy Cimrmana|website=novinky.cz|language=cs}}
Filmography
=Screenplay=
- 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=
- 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
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0810602}}
- [http://www.libri.cz/databaze/kdo20/list.php?od=s&start=48&count=1 Biography (in Czech)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310152812/http://www.libri.cz/databaze/kdo20/list.php?od=s&start=48&count=1 |date=10 March 2007}}
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Category:Czech male stage actors
Category:Czech male film actors
Category:Czech male television actors
Category:20th-century Czech dramatists and playwrights
Category:Czech male dramatists and playwrights
Category:Czech male screenwriters
Category:Czech theatre directors
Category:Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)
Category:Deaths from cancer in the Czech Republic
Category:Film directors from Prague
Category:20th-century Czech male writers
Category:Burials at Olšany Cemetery
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