Acting
Karol Machata
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.
Movies with Karol Machata
Angel in the Mountains
1955
Salt & Gold
1983
Interrupted Song
1960
The Last Witch
1957
The False Prince
1985
Náš pán doktor
1983
Muž ktorý sa nevrátil
1959
The Song of the Grey Pigeon
1961
Teraz sa už nehráme...
1987
The Struggle Will End Tomorrow
1951
Victorious Wings
1951
Brothers
1962
Vyznavač snov
1970
Veselé panie z Windsoru
1980
Midnight Mass
1962
Spomienky na lúčenie
1993
Dosť dobrí chlapi
1972
Bludička
1977
Mariša
1984
Shadows of a Hot Summer
1978
Kamaráti
1973
„Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“
1969
Ivanov
1964
Najdúch
1992
Gottšalk
1987
Tri poviedky s Karolom Machatom
1993
Drotár
1966
Vejár
1965
St. Peter's Umbrella
1958
Predjarie
1961
Earthly Honor
1958
Unploughed Field
1954
Don't Be Afraid
1989
Horoucí srdce
1963
Lorenzaccio
1991
Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou
1994
Čisté ruky
1968
Pavilón číslo 6
1992
Dúha nad Slovenskom
1952
Srdce na lane
1973
Stretnutie
1975
Geľo Sebechlebský
1963
Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina...
1990
Zojka a Valerija
1971
Vdova
1993
Cid
1974
Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde
1968
Koníček Hrbáčik
1978
Koník z ebenu
1987
Hody
1988
Trofej neznámeho strelca
1974
The Wooden Village
1955
Telefón Agafón
1975
Čierny gróf
1972
Ivan
1960
Labyrint srdce
1961
Prípad pre obhajcu
1964
National Artist Professor Karol Plicka
1970
Mladé srdcia
1953
Janko mydlo a voda
1957
Konečne bude mier!
1985
Hriech Kataríny Padychovej
1973
Páni sa zabávajú
1972
Tvár v rose
1988
Trip on the Danube
1963
Vždy možno začať
1962
Dvaja
1971
Koniec a začiatok
1968
Not Far From Heaven
1987
Igor a výmyselníci
1972
Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky
1971
Geľo Sebechlebský
1954
Skrytý prameň
1974
Pieseň o bardejovskom Egídiovi
1968
Lazy sa pohly
1952
Hľadači svetla
1971
Dobrý skutok
1972
Keď chybí trombón
1962
Oneskorené kvety
1992
Ľahučký dych
1971
Na počiatku bola pieseň
1970
TV Shows with Karol Machata
Vivat Beňovský!
1975
Frankenstein's Aunt
1987
Naši synovia
1975
Povstalecká história
1984
Anička Jurkovičová
1983
Pltník Paľko a vodník Venček
1983
Zaprášené histórie Ema Bohúňa
1970
Red Wine
1972
Sám vojak v poli
1964
Prípad jasnovidca Hanussena
1970
Portrét Doriana Graya
1969
Bratislavské rozprávky
1991
Rozprávky pod stromček
1981
Snehuľkovia
1971