
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.
Filmography

Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou

Vdova

Spomienky na lúčenie

Tri poviedky s Karolom Machatom

Pavilón číslo 6

Oneskorené kvety

Najdúch

Lorenzaccio

Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina...

Don't Be Afraid

Hody

Tvár v rose

Neďaleko do neba

Koník z ebenu

Gottšalk

The False Prince

Konečne bude mier!

Mariša

Salt & Gold

Náš pán doktor

Veselé panie z Windsoru

Shadows of a Hot Summer

Koníček Hrbáčik

Bludička

Stretnutie

Telefón Agafón

Trofej neznámeho strelca

Skrytý prameň

Cid

Srdce na lane

Kamaráti

Hriech Kataríny Padychovej

Páni sa zabávajú

Dosť dobrí chlapi

Dobrý skutok

Čierny gróf

Igor a výmyselníci

Dvaja

Hľadači svetla

Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky

Ľahučký dych

Zojka a Valerija

Na počiatku bola pieseň

National Artist Professor Karol Plicka

Vyznavač snov

„Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“

Čisté ruky

Koniec a začiatok

Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde

Pieseň o bardejovskom Egídiovi

Drotár

Vejár

Prípad pre obhajcu

Ivanov

Trip on the Danube

Horoucí srdce

Geľo Sebechlebský

Keď chybí trombón

Brothers

Midnight Mass

Vždy možno začať

Labyrint srdce

Predjarie

The Song of the Grey Pigeon

Interrupted Song

Ivan

Muž ktorý sa nevrátil

St. Peter's Umbrella

Earthly Honor

The Last Witch

Janko mydlo a voda

Angel in the Mountains

The Wooden Village

Pole neorané

Lazy sa pohly

Dúha nad Slovenskom

Mladé srdcia

The Struggle Will End Tomorrow
