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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.3919 |
| Birthday | 1928-01-13 |
| Place of Birth | Malacky, Československo [teraz Slovensko] |
| Also Known As | Кароль Махата, K. Machata, |
1968
Čisté ruky
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Čisté ruky
1957
Janko mydlo a voda
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Janko mydlo a voda
1958
Earthly Honor
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Historical satire from the first half of the 19th century, which captures the decay and decline of the landed estate. The impoverished peasants still...
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Earthly Honor
1978
Shadows of a Hot Summer
7.222/9
Ondrej lives on a farm outside a small town with his family. One day a group of men arrive at the family's house and the harmonious life they've led s...
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Shadows of a Hot Summer
1961
Labyrint srdce
10/1
It is 1955 and the government in Czechoslovakia has declared an amnesty for post-war emigrants. Many of them returned to their families, only young Pa...
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Labyrint srdce
1977
Bludička
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Bludička
1992
Pavilón číslo 6
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Pavilón číslo 6
1955
Angel in the Mountains
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Mr. Angel goes winter sporting and at the same time investigates his son's fiancee.
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Angel in the Mountains
1963
Geľo Sebechlebský
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Geľo Sebechlebský
1987
Gottšalk
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Gottšalk
1973
Kamaráti
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Kamaráti
1993
Vdova
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TV dramatisation of a novella by Austrian writer L. Ingrisch.
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Vdova
1992
Oneskorené kvety
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Oneskorené kvety
1960
Ivan
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Ivan
1988
Tvár v rose
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Tvár v rose
1989
Don't Be Afraid
8.333/6
Woodcutter Ondra, who for his bold nature is called Nebojsa. He goes into the world to learn fear. During his journey, on which he is accompanied by a...
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Don't Be Afraid
1961
The Song of the Grey Pigeon
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An unusual children's film set during World War II in Czechoslovakia, this compelling drama unfolds five different segments that present the war throu...
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The Song of the Grey Pigeon
1962
Brothers
9/1
A bricklayer, Jozef Haviar, decides to live with his family on the small farm of his father through the difficult years of the economic crisis. But on...
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Brothers
1962
Vždy možno začať
10/1
A dramatic story from the environment of young actors, students of the Bratislava theatre school. Betka Šimanová, a young acting adept, is a diligent...
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Vždy možno začať
1968
Koniec a začiatok
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Television adaptation of Roman Kaliský's play. Reconstruction of a trial with a journalist from the 1950s.
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Koniec a začiatok
1962
Keď chybí trombón
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Keď chybí trombón
1964
Ivanov
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Ivanov
1970
Na počiatku bola pieseň
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Martin Slivka's documentary film about Karol Plicka (1894-1987), the founder of Slovak cinematography.
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Na počiatku bola pieseň
1958
St. Peter's Umbrella
6.5/8
A comedy about a lost inheritance, love and a red umbrella, which, according to a local legend, belonged to St. Peter himself.
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St. Peter's Umbrella
1971
Zojka a Valerija
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Zojka a Valerija
1983
Salt & Gold
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A fairy-tale about the power of love. The old king Pravoslav feels it is time to entrust the rule over his kingdom to one of his three daughters - the...
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Salt & Gold
1963
Trip on the Danube
5.5/2
A group of Slovak tourists travels to Budapest on a luxury liner with a trio of eternal fortune-tellers, the former customs officer Hraško, the flirta...
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Trip on the Danube
1968
Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde
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Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde
1969
„Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“
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„Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“
1971
Dvaja
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Dvaja
1972
Čierny gróf
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Čierny gróf
1972
Dobrý skutok
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Dobrý skutok
1972
Igor a výmyselníci
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Igor a výmyselníci
1975
Telefón Agafón
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Telefón Agafón
1968
Pieseň o bardejovskom Egídiovi
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Documentary film about one of the most important monuments in Slovakia - the Basilica of St Giles in Bardejov.
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Pieseň o bardejovskom Egídiovi
1970
National Artist Professor Karol Plicka
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A film portrait about Professor Karol Plicka, focusing on his films, photography and folklore work.
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National Artist Professor Karol Plicka
1971
Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky
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Don't forget your child in kindergarten, because even good and helpful toys can't always protect them from evil traps.
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Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky
1993
Spomienky na lúčenie
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Musical-dramatic production based on songs by Gejza Dusík from the operetta Under a Foreign Flag. The production is about the fact that the past can b...
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Spomienky na lúčenie
1971
Hľadači svetla
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Hľadači svetla
1972
Páni sa zabávajú
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The story of a rural landowner and his struggle with "friends" who try to deprive him of his advantageous position and beautiful wife.
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Páni sa zabávajú
1978
Koníček Hrbáčik
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Koníček Hrbáčik
1965
Vejár
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Vejár
1980
Veselé panie z Windsoru
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Sir John Falstaff, a bon vivant and womanizer, courts Mrs. Ford one day and Mrs. Page the next. They are cheerful but respectable ladies, so they devi...
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Veselé panie z Windsoru
1974
Trofej neznámeho strelca
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Trofej neznámeho strelca
1990
Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina...
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Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina...
1987
Not Far From Heaven
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A folk musical about a musician named Šimaľ, who goes to heaven after death. He gradually discovers that the other world is actually just a mirror ima...
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Not Far From Heaven
1983
Náš pán doktor
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Náš pán doktor
1957
The Last Witch
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This dramatic story is situated in the town of Trnava of the 18th century. Painter Peter paints an altar-piece of the Martyrdom of St. Juliet and his...
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The Last Witch
1970
Vyznavač snov
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Vyznavač snov
1984
Mariša
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Mariša
1985
The False Prince
7.667/3
The Sultan awaits the arrival of his son, Prince Omar, who has brought up in a distant land. The master tailor and his assistances are making clothes...
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The False Prince
1955
The Wooden Village
6/3
Slovak movie is based on the novel by the prominent representative of Slovak prose František Hečka, who was in 1952 awarded the State Prize. The novel...
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The Wooden Village
1971
Ľahučký dych
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Ľahučký dych
1962
Midnight Mass
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On Christmas Eve, 1944, in Nazi-occupied Slovakia, the Kubiš family grapples with survival amidst brutal reprisals. Marián collaborates as a fascist g...
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Midnight Mass
1964
Prípad pre obhajcu
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A psychological drama from the judiciary. Lawyer Kolár handles the case of the rape and murder of a fourteen-year-old girl and tries to remove the fif...
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Prípad pre obhajcu
1973
Srdce na lane
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Srdce na lane
1974
Skrytý prameň
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Levoča, first half of the 16th century. Master Paul creates his most famous work - a late Gothic altar in the Church of St. James. He has just recruit...
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Skrytý prameň
1993
Tri poviedky s Karolom Machatom
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Meeting with the acting work of Karol Machata. Television dramatization of short stories from world humorous literature (The Death of a Bachelor, The...
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Tri poviedky s Karolom Machatom
1960
Interrupted Song
4.333/6
Young couple separated by World War 2, dream of being reunited years later.
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Interrupted Song
1975
Stretnutie
6/2
A dramatic tale of a man's life marked by two world wars. The story is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the life of the Dobrik couple...
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Stretnutie
1987
Koník z ebenu
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Koník z ebenu
1961
Predjarie
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During the Slovak National Uprising, even ordinary people were determined to perform heroic deeds, even though they knew they were exposing themselves...
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Predjarie
1966
Drotár
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Drotár
1974
Cid
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Ximéná and Rodrigo love each other, but in order to remain worthy of each other, they decide to fulfill the command of honor. Don Rodrigo avenges the...
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Cid
1963
Horoucí srdce
5/2
The years 1851-1856: events from the life of the writer Božena Němcová, who, because of her free-thinking views and strong patriotic feelings, comes i...
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Horoucí srdce
1994
Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou
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TV adaptation of short stories from the world of humour. In the dramatised short stories Seven Teapots by M. Saki, The Substitute by G. Maupassant and...
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Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou
1991
Lorenzaccio
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Lorenzaccio
1951
Victorious Wings
6.333/3
Many of the young workers at an aircraft factory near Prague are members of an aviation club. On the one hand, there is the responsible Franta, who is...
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Victorious Wings
1992
Najdúch
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Najdúch
1973
Hriech Kataríny Padychovej
8/1
Štefan Padych loses a lawsuit against Šulgan, a local innkeeper to whom he owes money. Not wanting his wife and three-year-old daughter to starve, he...
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Hriech Kataríny Padychovej
1951
The Struggle Will End Tomorrow
5.5/2
The story of the great strike of the workers building the Cervena Skala - Mergecany railway line
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The Struggle Will End Tomorrow
1972
Dosť dobrí chlapi
8/1
A group of drivers paid according to their performance are struggling with hard work in a large quarry, somewhere where foxes say good night. A new wo...
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Dosť dobrí chlapi
1959
Muž ktorý sa nevrátil
8/1
Police Lieutenant Vlado Hronec, together with the curious journalist Zvar, first search for the thief of important production documents, which they mi...
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Muž ktorý sa nevrátil
1952
Dúha nad Slovenskom
9/1
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Dúha nad Slovenskom
1952
Lazy sa pohly
6.5/2
The life on the poor Slovak hills, the lazy hills, where agriculture is at a primitive stage and where the shelves give a small harvest. Meanwhile, so...
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Lazy sa pohly
1952
Mladé srdcia
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Mladé srdcia
1954
Unploughed Field
5.5/2
The film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Peter Jilemnický is a drama about the life of poor Kysuce miners, which takes place in the thirti...
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Unploughed Field
1988
Hody
8/1
One of the annual gatherings of the Nádašskov family turns into a confrontation between different attitudes to life and generational views. The son-in...
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Hody
1985
Konečne bude mier!
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Konečne bude mier!
1954
Geľo Sebechlebský
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Geľo Sebechlebský
1987
Teraz sa už nehráme...
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