Karol Machata
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1994 · Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou as
- 1993 · Tri poviedky s Karolom Machatom as
- 1993 · Spomienky na lúčenie as
- 1993 · Vdova as
- 1992 · Pavilón číslo 6 as
- 1992 · Najdúch as
- 1992 · Oneskorené kvety as
- 1991 · Bratislavské rozprávky as
- 1991 · Lorenzaccio as
- 1990 · Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina... as narrator
- 1989 · Don't Be Afraid as
- 1988 · Hody as starý Nádaský
- 1988 · Tvár v rose as
- 1987 · Neďaleko do neba as
- 1987 · Frankenstein's Aunt as Vypravěč
- 1987 · Koník z ebenu as
- 1987 · Gottšalk as
- 1985 · The False Prince as Narrator (voice)
- 1984 · Povstalecká história as Alfréd Schram
- 1984 · Mariša as Vávra
- 1983 · Salt & Gold as King Pravoslav
- 1983 · Anička Jurkovičová as Samuel Jurkovič
- 1983 · Pltník Paľko a vodník Venček as Venček (voice)
- 1983 · Náš pán doktor as Narrator (voice)
- 1980 · Veselé panie z Windsoru as Doctor Caius
- 1978 · Shadows of a Hot Summer as
- 1978 · Koníček Hrbáčik as (voice)
- 1977 · Bludička as
- 1975 · Vivat Beňovský! as Du Ternay
- 1975 · Stretnutie as Peter Dobrík (45 years old)
- 1975 · Naši synovia as
- 1975 · Telefón Agafón as Narrator (voice)
- 1974 · Trofej neznámeho strelca as
- 1974 · Skrytý prameň as
- 1974 · Cid as
- 1973 · Srdce na lane as
- 1973 · Hriech Kataríny Padychovej as
- 1973 · Kamaráti as
- 1972 · Páni sa zabávajú as
- 1972 · Red Wine as
- 1972 · Dosť dobrí chlapi as
- 1972 · Dobrý skutok as
- 1972 · Igor a výmyselníci as
- 1972 · Čierny gróf as
- 1971 · Dvaja as
- 1971 · Hľadači svetla as
- 1971 · Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky as
- 1971 · Ľahučký dych as
- 1971 · Snehuľkovia as
- 1971 · Zojka a Valerija as
- 1970 · Prípad jasnovidca Hanussena as
- 1970 · Zaprášené histórie Ema Bohúňa as
- 1970 · National Artist Professor Karol Plicka as Commentary (voice)
- 1970 · Vyznavač snov as narrator
- 1970 · Na počiatku bola pieseň as Self - Narrator
- 1969 · Portrét Doriana Graya as
- 1969 · „Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“ as
- 1968 · Čisté ruky as
- 1968 · Koniec a začiatok as
- 1968 · Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde as
- 1968 · Pieseň o bardejovskom Egídiovi as Narrator
- 1966 · Drotár as
- 1965 · Vejár as Crespino
- 1964 · Prípad pre obhajcu as
- 1964 · Ivanov as
- 1964 · Sám vojak v poli as
- 1963 · Trip on the Danube as pán Belan
- 1963 · Horoucí srdce as
- 1963 · Geľo Sebechlebský as
- 1962 · Keď chybí trombón as
- 1962 · Midnight Mass as Marián Kubis
- 1962 · Brothers as Jozef Haviar (voice)
- 1962 · Vždy možno začať as
- 1961 · Labyrint srdce as agent Just alias Vilém Jonas
- 1961 · Predjarie as
- 1961 · The Song of the Grey Pigeon as
- 1960 · Interrupted Song as
- 1960 · Ivan as
- 1959 · Muž ktorý sa nevrátil as
- 1958 · St. Peter's Umbrella as Wibra Gyuri, ügyvéd
- 1958 · Earthly Honor as
- 1957 · The Last Witch as Gaspar Sedmík
- 1957 · Janko mydlo a voda as Narrator (voice)
- 1955 · Angel in the Mountains as Zdenek Soukup
- 1955 · The Wooden Village as Pavo Sechnár
- 1954 · Pole neorané as
- 1952 · Lazy sa pohly as Jozef Rendko
- 1952 · Mladé srdcia as
- 1952 · Dúha nad Slovenskom as Commentary (voice)
- 1951 · The Struggle Will End Tomorrow as
- 1951 · Victorious Wings as Slovak actor