Karol Machata
Acting • Born 1928-01-13 – Died 2016-05-03
Biography
Karol Machata was born into a working-class family in Malacky. He started on the radio at the age of twelve and devoted himself to amateur theater. In the end, he preferred theater to economics. From 1948 to 1950 he studied acting at the State Conservatory in Bratislava and from 1952 to 1953 he worked at the Army Theater in Martin. Karol Machata is one of the most important representatives of Slovak acting of the post-war generation. He performed his first roles on theater boards in Martin. He appeared in the production of Sládkovičová Marina (1948), in The Assassination (the character of a member of the group of assassins on Heydrich, 1949), he played the character of Fortinbras in Shakespeare's Hamlet (1950). His title characters Geľa Sebechlebský (1952) and Jánošík (1953) enjoyed a penetrating success. For the next forty-five years he was a member of the Drama of the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava, where he worked from 1953 to 1998. He became a versatile actor. He was able to play heroic roles, but he also excelled in comedic or lyrical positions. He made his film debut as a Slovak aviator in the Czech film Vítezná křídla 1950 and has been one of the busiest film and television actors ever since. He has acted in dozens of Slovak films that belong to the golden fund of Slovak cinema: Zemianska honor, St. Peter's Umbrella, Interrupted Song, Song of the Gray Pigeon, Midnight Mass, Miss Bacilpýška's Crime, Sin of Katarína Padychová, Hidden Spring, Gold, Salt or Geľo Sebechlebský and many others. For significant merits in the field of theater, film and radio production, the President awarded him the Pribin Cross II in 2003. classes. In 2005 he received the Tatrabanka Award for Art and in 2008 he won the OTO Award and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Filmography
95 credits
Čisté ruky
Movie • 1968
Janko mydlo a voda
Movie • 1957
Narrator (voice)
Earthly Honor
Movie • 1958
Shadows of a Hot Summer
Movie • 1978
Labyrint srdce
Movie • 1961
agent Just alias Vilém Jonas
Bludička
Movie • 1977
Pavilón číslo 6
Movie • 1992
Angel in the Mountains
Movie • 1955
Zdenek Soukup
Geľo Sebechlebský
Movie • 1963
Gottšalk
Movie • 1987
Kamaráti
Movie • 1973
Vdova
Movie • 1993
Oneskorené kvety
Movie • 1992
Ivan
Movie • 1960
Tvár v rose
Movie • 1988
Don't Be Afraid
Movie • 1989
Ondro's Father
The Song of the Grey Pigeon
Movie • 1961
Brothers
Movie • 1962
Jozef Haviar (voice)
Vždy možno začať
Movie • 1962
Koniec a začiatok
Movie • 1968
Keď chybí trombón
Movie • 1962
Ivanov
Movie • 1964
Na počiatku bola pieseň
Movie • 1970
Self - Narrator
St. Peter's Umbrella
Movie • 1958
Wibra Gyuri, ügyvéd
Zojka a Valerija
Movie • 1971
Salt & Gold
Movie • 1983
King Pravoslav
Trip on the Danube
Movie • 1963
pán Belan
Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde
Movie • 1968
„Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“
Movie • 1969
Dvaja
Movie • 1971
Čierny gróf
Movie • 1972
Dobrý skutok
Movie • 1972
Igor a výmyselníci
Movie • 1972
Telefón Agafón
Movie • 1975
Narrator (voice)
Pieseň o bardejovskom Egídiovi
Movie • 1968
Narrator
National Artist Professor Karol Plicka
Movie • 1970
Commentary (voice)
Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky
Movie • 1971
Spomienky na lúčenie
Movie • 1993
Hľadači svetla
Movie • 1971
Páni sa zabávajú
Movie • 1972
Koníček Hrbáčik
Movie • 1978
(voice)
Vejár
Movie • 1965
Crespino
Veselé panie z Windsoru
Movie • 1980
Doctor Caius
Trofej neznámeho strelca
Movie • 1974
Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina...
Movie • 1990
narrator
Not Far From Heaven
Movie • 1987
Náš pán doktor
Movie • 1983
Narrator (voice)
The Last Witch
Movie • 1957
Gaspar Sedmík
Vyznavač snov
Movie • 1970
Narrator (voice)
Mariša
Movie • 1984
Vávra
The False Prince
Movie • 1985
Narrator (voice)
The Wooden Village
Movie • 1955
Pavo Sechnár
Ľahučký dych
Movie • 1971
Midnight Mass
Movie • 1962
Marián Kubis
Prípad pre obhajcu
Movie • 1964
Srdce na lane
Movie • 1973
Skrytý prameň
Movie • 1974
Tri poviedky s Karolom Machatom
Movie • 1993
Interrupted Song
Movie • 1960
Stretnutie
Movie • 1975
Peter Dobrík (45 years old)
Koník z ebenu
Movie • 1987
(uncredited)
Predjarie
Movie • 1961
Drotár
Movie • 1966
Cid
Movie • 1974
Horoucí srdce
Movie • 1963
Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou
Movie • 1994
Lorenzaccio
Movie • 1991
Victorious Wings
Movie • 1951
Slovak Aviator
Najdúch
Movie • 1992
Hriech Kataríny Padychovej
Movie • 1973
The Struggle Will End Tomorrow
Movie • 1951
Dosť dobrí chlapi
Movie • 1972
Muž ktorý sa nevrátil
Movie • 1959
Dúha nad Slovenskom
Movie • 1952
Commentary (voice)
Lazy sa pohly
Movie • 1952
Jozef Rendko
Mladé srdcia
Movie • 1952
Unploughed Field
Movie • 1954
Hody
Movie • 1988
starý Nádaský
Konečne bude mier!
Movie • 1985
Karol (voice)
Geľo Sebechlebský
Movie • 1954
Teraz sa už nehráme...
Movie • 1987
Pltník Paľko a vodník Venček
TV • 1983
Venček (voice)
Snehuľkovia
TV • 1971
Portrét Doriana Graya
TV • 1969
Prípad jasnovidca Hanussena
TV • 1970
Zaprášené histórie Ema Bohúňa
TV • 1970
Red Wine
TV • 1972
Sám vojak v poli
TV • 1964
Naši synovia
TV • 1975
Vivat Beňovský!
TV • 1975
Du Ternay
Anička Jurkovičová
TV • 1983
Samuel Jurkovič
Bratislavské rozprávky
TV • 1991
Povstalecká história
TV • 1984
Alfréd Schram
Frankenstein's Aunt
TV • 1987
Vypravěč
Rozprávky pod stromček
TV • 1981