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.
95 acting credits
Acting · 95
Povstalecká história
1984
Frankenstein's Aunt
1987
Vivat Beňovský!
1975
Red Wine
1972
Prípad jasnovidca Hanussena
1970
Zaprášené histórie Ema Bohúňa
1970
Naši synovia
1975
Portrét Doriana Graya
1969
Anička Jurkovičová
1983
Sám vojak v poli
1964
Pltník Paľko a vodník Venček
1983
Stretnutie
1975
Ivanov
1964
Bratislavské rozprávky
1991
The False Prince
1985
Hriech Kataríny Padychovej
1973
Salt & Gold
1983
Hody
1988
Snehuľkovia
1971
Brothers
1962
Interrupted Song
1960
The Song of the Grey Pigeon
1961
Angel in the Mountains
1955
The Last Witch
1957
Don't Be Afraid
1989
Najdúch
1992
Lorenzaccio
1991
Horoucí srdce
1963
Labyrint srdce
1961
Trofej neznámeho strelca
1974
Victorious Wings
1951
Shadows of a Hot Summer
1978
Midnight Mass
1962
Predjarie
1961
Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou
1994
Unploughed Field
1954
Zojka a Valerija
1971
Veselé panie z Windsoru
1980
Bludička
1977
Earthly Honor
1958
Skrytý prameň
1974
Dobrý skutok
1972
Not Far From Heaven
1987
Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky
1971
Vejár
1965
The Wooden Village
1955
Vždy možno začať
1962
Drotár
1966
Dvaja
1971
Koníček Hrbáčik
1978
Gottšalk
1987
Cid
1974
Pavilón číslo 6
1992
Dosť dobrí chlapi
1972
Mariša
1984
Koník z ebenu
1987
Čisté ruky
1968
Oneskorené kvety
1992
Vdova
1993
National Artist Professor Karol Plicka
1970
Geľo Sebechlebský
1963
The Struggle Will End Tomorrow
1951
Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde
1968
Ivan
1960
Kamaráti
1973
„Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“
1969
St. Peter's Umbrella
1958
Muž ktorý sa nevrátil
1959
Ľahučký dych
1971
Hľadači svetla
1971
Páni sa zabávajú
1972
Lazy sa pohly
1952
Čierny gróf
1972
Tvár v rose
1988
Vyznavač snov
1970
Spomienky na lúčenie
1993
Telefón Agafón
1975
Koniec a začiatok
1968
Mladé srdcia
1952
Trip on the Danube
1963
Prípad pre obhajcu
1964
Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina...
1990
Na počiatku bola pieseň
1970
Geľo Sebechlebský
1954
Pieseň o bardejovskom Egídiovi
1968
Rozprávky pod stromček
1981
Srdce na lane
1973
Janko mydlo a voda
1957
Tri poviedky s Karolom Machatom
1993
Teraz sa už nehráme...
1987
Keď chybí trombón
1962
Konečne bude mier!
1985
Igor a výmyselníci
1972
Dúha nad Slovenskom
1952
Náš pán doktor
1983