Karol Machata
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 13, 1928
- Died
- May 3, 2016 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Malacky, Československo [teraz Slovensko]
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.
Known For
Filmography
Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou
Movie
Vdova
Movie
Spomienky na lúčenie
Movie
Tri poviedky s Karolom Machatom
Movie
Pavilón číslo 6
Movie
Oneskorené kvety
Movie
Najdúch
Movie
Lorenzaccio
Movie
Bratislavské rozprávky
TV · 14 eps
Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina...
Movie · as narrator
Tvár v rose
Movie
Don't Be Afraid
Movie · as Ondro's Father
Gottšalk
Movie
Hody
Movie · as starý Nádaský
Not Far From Heaven
Movie
Koník z ebenu
Movie · as (uncredited)
Teraz sa už nehráme...
Movie
Frankenstein's Aunt
TV · as Vypravěč · 7 eps
The False Prince
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Konečne bude mier!
Movie · as Karol (voice)
Mariša
Movie · as Vávra
Povstalecká história
TV · as Alfréd Schram · 6 eps
Salt & Gold
Movie · as King Pravoslav
Náš pán doktor
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Pltník Paľko a vodník Venček
TV · as Venček (voice) · 7 eps
Anička Jurkovičová
TV · as Samuel Jurkovič · 3 eps
Rozprávky pod stromček
TV · 13 eps
Veselé panie z Windsoru
Movie · as Doctor Caius
Shadows of a Hot Summer
Movie
Koníček Hrbáčik
Movie · as (voice)
Bludička
Movie
Telefón Agafón
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Stretnutie
Movie · as Peter Dobrík (45 years old)
Naši synovia
TV · 6 eps
Vivat Beňovský!
TV · as Du Ternay · 2 eps
Trofej neznámeho strelca
Movie
Skrytý prameň
Movie
Cid
Movie
Kamaráti
Movie
Srdce na lane
Movie
Hriech Kataríny Padychovej
Movie
Čierny gróf
Movie
Dobrý skutok
Movie
Igor a výmyselníci
Movie
Páni sa zabávajú
Movie
Dosť dobrí chlapi
Movie
Red Wine
TV · 3 eps
Zojka a Valerija
Movie
Dvaja
Movie
Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky
Movie
Hľadači svetla
Movie
Ľahučký dych
Movie
Snehuľkovia
TV · 13 eps
Na počiatku bola pieseň
Movie · as Self - Narrator
National Artist Professor Karol Plicka
Movie · as Commentary (voice)
Vyznavač snov
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Portrait of Dorian Gray
TV · 2 eps
Prípad jasnovidca Hanussena
TV · 1 ep
Zaprášené histórie Ema Bohúňa
TV · 1 ep
„Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“
Movie
Čisté ruky
Movie
Koniec a začiatok
Movie
Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde
Movie
Pieseň o bardejovskom Egídiovi
Movie · as Narrator
Drotár
Movie
Vejár
Movie · as Crespino
Ivanov
Movie
Prípad pre obhajcu
Movie
Sám vojak v poli
TV · 2 eps
Geľo Sebechlebský
Movie
Trip on the Danube
Movie · as pán Belan
Horoucí srdce
Movie
Brothers
Movie · as Jozef Haviar (voice)
Vždy možno začať
Movie
Keď chybí trombón
Movie
Midnight Mass
Movie · as Marián Kubis
Labyrint srdce
Movie · as agent Just alias Vilém Jonas
The Song of the Grey Pigeon
Movie
Predjarie
Movie
Ivan
Movie
Interrupted Song
Movie
Muž ktorý sa nevrátil
Movie
Earthly Honor
Movie
St. Peter's Umbrella
Movie · as Wibra Gyuri, ügyvéd
Janko mydlo a voda
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Last Witch
Movie · as Gaspar Sedmík
Angel in the Mountains
Movie · as Zdenek Soukup
The Wooden Village
Movie · as Pavo Sechnár
Unploughed Field
Movie
Geľo Sebechlebský
Movie
Mladé srdcia
Movie
Dúha nad Slovenskom
Movie · as Commentary (voice)
Lazy sa pohly
Movie · as Jozef Rendko
Victorious Wings
Movie · as Slovak Aviator
The Struggle Will End Tomorrow
Movie