--- name: "Adam Matejka" canonical: "https://film.one/person/adam-matejka" fi1m_id: "adam-matejka" imdb_id: "nm0558221" tmdb_id: 1199664 wikidata_id: "Q12761856" roles: ["Actor"] born: "21 November 1905" died: "21 April 1988" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T15:45:08.620450+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Adam Matejka ## Identity Adam Matejka - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adam-matejka - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** adam-matejka - **IMDb ID:** nm0558221 - **TMDB ID:** 1199664 - **Wikidata ID:** Q12761856 - **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12761856, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1199664 Actor. Born 21 November 1905 in Paludza. Died 21 April 1988. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 21 November 1905, Paludza - **Died:** 21 April 1988 - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12761856, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1199664 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*The Shop on Main Street*](https://film.one/film/the-shop-on-main-street.md) (90) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Adam Matejka (1905–1988) was a Slovak actor. Born in Paludza, he trained as a shoemaker and worked for two years in Belgian mines in the 1930s. He was active in amateur theatre from a young age and was a member of the Village Theatre from 1949 to 1959, after which he returned to his trade. From 1953 he appeared in more than one hundred film and television roles, frequently cast as colourful village elders. He is known for his performance as Piti Báči in *The Shop on Main Street* (1965) and for parts in films such as *St. Peter's Umbrella* (1958) and *Orlie pierko* (1972). *Sources: sk.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Shop on Main Street* (1965), Fi1m 90, as Piti Báci — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shop-on-main-street.md) ## Complete filmography (80) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Nudity* (1990), Actor - *The Southern Mail* (1988), as Pavol - *Infidelity the Slovak Way* (1981), Actor - *Infidelity, Slovak Style* (1981), series, as Stázkyn starý otec - *Night Riders* (1981), Actor - *Živá voda* (1981), Actor - *Katera* (1981), Actor - *Otec ma zderie tak, či tak...* (1980), Actor - *Hordubal* (1980), Actor - *Pustý dvor* (1979), Actor - *Mišo* (1979), Actor - *Uzlíky nádeje* (1979), as (uncredited) - *Krutá ľúbosť* (1978), Actor - *Nech žije deduško* (1978), series, as Metód - *Zbojnícky tanec* (1978), as Divočiak - *Christmas Wafer* (1977), Actor - *Ako sa Vinco zaťal* (1977), Actor - *Sváko Ragan* (1976), series, Actor - *Slovácko sa nesúdí* (1976), series, Actor - *I Wouldn't Leave Tereza for Any Other Girl* (1976), as Vrabec - *Pacho, the Brigand of Hybe* (1976), Actor - *Sváko Ragan* (1976), Actor - *Majster zlodejského cechu* (1976), Actor - *Stretnutie* (1975), Actor - *Naši synovia* (1975), series, Actor - *Summer with Kate* (1975), series, Actor - *Nepokojná láska* (1975), series, Actor - *Do zbrane, kuruci* (1974), Actor - *Deň, ktorý neumrie* (1974), Actor - *Príbeh potulného scholasta* (1973), Actor - *Tie malé výlety* (1973), Actor - *Maple and Juliana* (1973), Actor - *Adam Chvojka vicerichtár* (1973), Actor - *Ďaleko je do neba* (1973), Actor - *Field Lilies* (1973), as Market Inspector - *Čierne ovce* (1973), Actor - *Javorová fujarka* (1973), Actor - *The Bride of the Mountains* (1972), Actor - *Človek na moste* (1972), Actor - *Eagle Feather* (1972), Actor - *Tuba plná peny* (1972), Actor - *Nikto nie je doma* (1972), series, Actor - *Igor a výmyselníci* (1972), Actor - *Zlozor* (1971), as Ďuro - *Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky* (1971), Actor - *Naši pred bránami* (1970), Actor - *Zaprášené histórie Ema Bohúňa* (1970), series, Actor - *Rajský plyn* (1970), Actor - *The Royal Chase* (1969), as Hujak - *Toni, You're Crazy* (1969), Actor - *Maroško* (1969), series, Actor - *Čisté ruky* (1968), Actor - *Rok na dedine* (1968), as Trúbel'ka - *Stud* (1968), Actor - *Lúčka, na ktorej spáva vietor* (1968), Actor - *Výšiny* (1968), Actor - *A Pact with the Devil* (1967), Actor - *The Nun's Night* (1967), as Gustav - *Living Whip* (1967), as Komár - *The Shop on Main Street* (1965), as Piti Báci — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shop-on-main-street.md) - *Unawakened* (1965), Actor - *Bez svatozáře* (1964), Actor - *Slnečný kúpeľ* (1964), Actor - *Jánošík* (1963), Actor - *There behind the forest* (1962), Actor - *Tri razy svitá ráno* (1962), as Godfather (voice) - *The Coward* (1962), Actor - *Pokorené rieky* (1962), Actor - *The Song of the Grey Pigeon* (1961), Actor - *Great Solitude* (1960), as Houfek - *Dom na rázcestí* (1959), Actor - *Šťastie príde v nedeľu* (1959), Actor - *St. Peter's Umbrella* (1958), Actor - *An Honest Thief* (1958), as Adam - *Earthly Honor* (1958), Actor - *Štyridsaťštyri* (1958), as Julčin otec - *The Last Witch* (1957), Actor - *The Devil Does Not Sleep* (1957), Actor - *Žena z Vrchov* (1956), Actor - *Unploughed Field* (1954), Actor --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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