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Karol Machata

Born · January 13, 1928

Died · May 3, 2016 (88 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Malacky, Československo [teraz Slovensko]

Bio

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

1991

Bratislavské rozprávky

(14 episodes)

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1991

Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina...

narrator

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1990

Don't Be Afraid

8.4

1989

Hody

starý Nádaský

8.0

1988

Tvár v rose

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1988

Neďaleko do neba

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1987

Frankenstein's Aunt

Vypravěč · (7 episodes)

7.6

1987

Koník z ebenu

6.5

1983

Náš pán doktor

Narrator (voice)

0.0

1983

Pltník Paľko a vodník Venček

Venček (voice) · (7 episodes)

10.0

1983

Anička Jurkovičová

Samuel Jurkovič · (3 episodes)

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1983

Veselé panie z Windsoru

Doctor Caius

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1980

Shadows of a Hot Summer

1974

Cid

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1974

Srdce na lane

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1973

Kamaráti

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1973

Hriech Kataríny Padychovej

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1973

Páni sa zabávajú

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1972

Red Wine

(3 episodes)

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1969

Portrét Doriana Graya

(2 episodes)

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1969

Čisté ruky

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1968

Koniec a začiatok

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1968

Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde

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1968

Pieseň o bardejovskom Egídiovi

Narrator

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1968

Drotár

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1966

Vejár

Crespino

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1965

Prípad pre obhajcu

6.0

1964

Ivanov

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1964

Sám vojak v poli

(2 episodes)

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1964

Trip on the Danube

pán Belan

4.0

1963

Horoucí srdce

3.0

1963

Geľo Sebechlebský

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1963

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1962

Labyrint srdce

agent Just alias Vilém Jonas

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1961

Predjarie

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1961

The Song of the Grey Pigeon

5.9

1961

Interrupted Song

3.2

1960

Ivan

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1960

Muž ktorý sa nevrátil

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1959

St. Peter's Umbrella

Wibra Gyuri, ügyvéd

6.4

1958

Earthly Honor

6.0

1958

The Last Witch

Gaspar Sedmík

7.4

1957

Janko mydlo a voda

Narrator (voice)

0.0

1957

Angel in the Mountains

Zdenek Soukup

7.2

1955

The Wooden Village

Pavo Sechnár

4.5

1955

Pole neorané

4.0

1954

Lazy sa pohly

Jozef Rendko

3.0

1952

Dúha nad Slovenskom

Commentary (voice)

0.0

1952

Mladé srdcia

4.0

1952

The Struggle Will End Tomorrow

3.0

1951

Victorious Wings

Slovak actor

6.0

1951