Ladislav Smoljak Movies

In this movie, TV sets are full of life. If a person is in TV (e.g. because it was filmed on the street) it has a double that's right in the TV set....

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...

The story is about Harold, an isolated figure in an overwhelming world of totalitarian bureaucracy. Harold tries to find the elusive Joseph Kilian,...

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...

This film is a documentary-style look at the life of the beloved Czech actor, Zdeněk Svěrák.

Bohouš Burda, a forty-year-old idealist disillusioned with city life and his failing marriage, abandons it all to run a mobile dental clinic...

The small group of actors have to face many problems while preparing a new performance.

Mr Jiš managed to give his first script at Barrandov. Already in the preparatory phase, he discovers with horror that the filmmakers have...

The result of a clash between two intellectual forces: the artist's irrepressible creative instinct and the equally irrepressible instinct of the...

The original score was in a sorry state: the notes were carelessly marked, the lines were broken, and the paper was covered in smudges. I took the...

A tale of neighbourly teasing and how dangerous it is to leave a door off its hinges in the hallway.

Cimrman's play about Czech expedition to north pole.

The theft of a pearl necklace and subsequent murder took place at the Tartaros cabaret. All this could compromise the minister, who is an admirer of...

Two short stories in which novice detective Sergeant Zahrádka is tasked with carrying out trivial orders, which he fails to do due to his...

Two different productions of Václav Havel's Beggar's Opera reveal the political dynamics of Czechoslovakia before and after the velvet...

The fourteenth Cimrman play takes us to the heart of a continent almost untouched by civilization. Czech travelers encounter a strange tribe of...

This traditional seminar will introduce you to the most basic facts about Jára Cimrman. The ensuing play will show how difficult it is for...

The comedy tells the story of how cowboy Bill, thanks to his clever talking horse Lightning, became brave, defeated the evil Jackal, and thus freed...