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