Ladislav Smoljak Movies

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

After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s...

A comedy about exchange of 12 apartments , which, its organizer, lawyer Radosta, rightly called Action Ball Lightning. To prepare, organize and...

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

A police inspector and inexperienced trainee search for a mysteriously disappeared manufacturer of ointments for hair growth.

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

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...

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...

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

The husband and wife Ludva and Hedus Homolkas with their twins Péta and Máta and Ludva's parents - the granny and grandpa - arrive in...

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....

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

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...

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...

Anecdotes about the relationship between puppets and mankind.

The filmed fairy-tale is a comedy based on the classical story about Reason and Happiness. This enchanting couple is ever debating on which of the...

Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak, about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrman (universal genius, inventor, sportsman,...

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