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Karol Machata
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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 Shakesp…
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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.
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Karol Machata's Filmography
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Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou
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Spomienky na lúčenie
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Tri poviedky s Karolom Machatom
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Vdova
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Pavilón číslo 6
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Oneskorené kvety
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Najdúch
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Lorenzaccio
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Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina...
as narrator
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Tvár v rose
Don't Be Afraid
as Ondro's Father
Hody
as starý Nádaský
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Gottšalk
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Teraz sa už nehráme...
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Koník z ebenu
as (uncredited)
Not Far From Heaven
The False Prince
as Narrator (voice)
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Konečne bude mier!
as Karol (voice)
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Mariša
as Vávra
Salt & Gold
as King Pravoslav
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Náš pán doktor
as Narrator (voice)
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Veselé panie z Windsoru
as Doctor Caius
Shadows of a Hot Summer
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Koníček Hrbáčik
as (voice)
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Bludička
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Stretnutie
as Peter Dobrík (45 years old)
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Telefón Agafón
as Narrator (voice)
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Trofej neznámeho strelca
Skrytý prameň
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Cid
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Srdce na lane
Hriech Kataríny Padychovej
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Kamaráti
Páni sa zabávajú
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Dosť dobrí chlapi
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Igor a výmyselníci
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Dobrý skutok
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Čierny gróf
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Dvaja
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Hľadači svetla
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Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky
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Ľahučký dych
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Zojka a Valerija
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Vyznavač snov
as Narrator (voice)
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National Artist Professor Karol Plicka
as Commentary (voice)
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Na počiatku bola pieseň
as Self - Narrator
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„Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“
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Čisté ruky
Pieseň o bardejovskom Egídiovi
as Narrator
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Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde
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Koniec a začiatok
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Drotár
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Vejár
as Crespino
Prípad pre obhajcu
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Ivanov
Trip on the Danube
as pán Belan
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Horoucí srdce
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Geľo Sebechlebský
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Keď chybí trombón
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Midnight Mass
as Marián Kubis
Brothers
as Jozef Haviar (voice)
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Labyrint srdce
as agent Just alias Vilém Jonas
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Predjarie
The Song of the Grey Pigeon
Interrupted Song
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Ivan
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Muž ktorý sa nevrátil
St. Peter's Umbrella
as Wibra Gyuri, ügyvéd
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Earthly Honor
The Last Witch
as Gaspar Sedmík
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Janko mydlo a voda
as Narrator (voice)
Angel in the Mountains
as Zdenek Soukup
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The Wooden Village
as Pavo Sechnár
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Geľo Sebechlebský
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Unploughed Field
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Mladé srdcia
Lazy sa pohly
as Jozef Rendko
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Dúha nad Slovenskom
as Commentary (voice)
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The Struggle Will End Tomorrow
Victorious Wings
as Slovak Aviator