Cast & creator
Karol Machata
Best known for Vivat Beňovský!, Frankenstein's Aunt, Zaprášené histórie Ema Bohúňa
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.
Also known as: Кароль Махата, K. Machata
81
film credits
14
television credits
95
1951–1994 · acting roles
7.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (95)
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Vivat Beňovský!
Du Ternay
1975
Frankenstein's Aunt
Vypravěč
1987Zaprášené histórie Ema Bohúňa
1970Povstalecká história
Alfréd Schram
1984Naši synovia
1975Anička Jurkovičová
Samuel Jurkovič
1983
Sám vojak v poli
1964Snehuľkovia
1971
Pltník Paľko a vodník Venček
Venček (voice)
1983Telefón Agafón
Narrator (voice)
1975Prípad jasnovidca Hanussena
1970
Red Wine
1972Vyznavač snov
Narrator (voice)
1970
Shadows of a Hot Summer
1978
The Song of the Grey Pigeon
1961The Portrait of Dorian Gray
1970Rozprávky pod stromček
1981The Struggle Will End Tomorrow
1951Bratislavské rozprávky
1991Teraz sa už nehráme...
1987
Salt & Gold
King Pravoslav
1983
Angel in the Mountains
Zdenek Soukup
1955Muž ktorý sa nevrátil
1959
Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou
1994Veselé panie z Windsoru
Doctor Caius
1980„Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“
1969
Interrupted Song
1960Dosť dobrí chlapi
1972Tri poviedky s Karolom Machatom
1993
Labyrint srdce
agent Just alias Vilém Jonas
1961
The False Prince
Narrator (voice)
1985Náš pán doktor
Narrator (voice)
1983Spomienky na lúčenie
1993
St. Peter's Umbrella
Wibra Gyuri, ügyvéd
1958Predjarie
1961Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde
1968National Artist Professor Karol Plicka
Commentary (voice)
1970Bludička
1977Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina...
narrator
1990Janko mydlo a voda
Narrator (voice)
1957Unploughed Field
1954Cid
1974Vejár
Crespino
1965
The Last Witch
Gaspar Sedmík
1957Vždy možno začať
1962Mladé srdcia
1953Koník z ebenu
(uncredited)
1987Kamaráti
1973Dúha nad Slovenskom
Commentary (voice)
1952Trofej neznámeho strelca
1974
Hriech Kataríny Padychovej
1973Ivanov
1964Midnight Mass
Marián Kubis
1962
Don't Be Afraid
Ondro's Father
1989Tvár v rose
1989
Skrytý prameň
1974
Brothers
Jozef Haviar (voice)
1962Najdúch
1992
Pieseň o bardejovskom Egídiovi
Narrator
1968
Not Far From Heaven
1987Koniec a začiatok
1968Gottšalk
1988Dobrý skutok
1972Ľahučký dych
1971
Trip on the Danube
pán Belan
1963Lorenzaccio
1991
Hody
starý Nádaský
1988Srdce na lane
1973Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky
1971Konečne bude mier!
Karol (voice)
1985
Prípad pre obhajcu
1964Earthly Honor
1958
Páni sa zabávajú
1972Čisté ruky
1968Koníček Hrbáčik
(voice)
1978Igor a výmyselníci
1972Keď chybí trombón
1962Geľo Sebechlebský
1963Zojka a Valerija
1971Oneskorené kvety
1992Dvaja
1971Horoucí srdce
1963Ivan
1960Čierny gróf
1972The Wooden Village
Pavo Sechnár
1955Hľadači svetla
1971Stretnutie
Peter Dobrík (45 years old)
1975Pavilón číslo 6
1992Vdova
1993Drotár
1966Mariša
Vávra
1984
Lazy sa pohly
Jozef Rendko
1952
Victorious Wings
Slovak Aviator
1951Geľo Sebechlebský
1954Na počiatku bola pieseň
Self - Narrator
1970