Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 04, 1926
Died
Sep 02, 1996
Place of Birth
Елена, България
Credits
42 titles
Georgi Georgiev-Getz
Biography
Georgi Georgiev-Getz (Georgi Ivanov Georgiev) was born in the village Razpopovtsi, today the town of Elena, Bulgaria. He graduated in "acting" in the class of Professor Filip Filipov at National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria (1949-1953). He has made a theatrical specialization in Moscow (1955-1956). He was a construction worker and contributor to newspapers. In 1953-91, he was at the National Theater in Sofia. He was a board member of Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers. He created bright images drawn from classical and contemporary Bulgarian dramaturgy. Part of his movies are "We Were Young", "Eighth", "A Peasant on a Bicycle", "Matriarchy", "Father". One of his best and well-known film roles is the role of Jordan in "A Peasant on a Bicycle." For this role he was awarded at the Varna and Moscow International Film Festivals. Nickname "Getz" was acquired by his colleague Dimitar Bochev (so called men named Georgi). After he retired, he continued to play with traveling theaters. He obtained stroke during a performance in Stara Zagora Drama Theater. He was rushed to a local hospital. His condition was deteriorating. After three days they operated him in Sofia, but it was too late and Getz died without regaining consciousness. He died on September 2, 1996 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Known For
Filmography
Right to Choose
Father
Evenings in Antim's Inn
Васко да Гама от село Рупча
Капитанът на кораба
Day of Rulers
Dilon
I've Been Waiting For You
Equilibrium
The Scriptwriter
Nicolo Paganini
The Biggest Sin
Nicolo Paganini
Advent
The Three Deadly Sins
Kuzdo Karakozov
Soldiers of Freedom
Christo Michajłow
Matriarchy
A Peasant on a Bicycle
Yordan
The Last Bachelor
the colonel
Dawn Over the Drava
Major Boyan Vasilev
Y-17
Captain Rudev
There Is Nothing Finer Than Bad Weather
Emil Boev
The Citadel Responded
Petar Hariev
Four Men in a Boxcar
Captain Draganov
The Eighth
Osmiyat
Every kilometer
Войводата / The Voivode
The Sky Over Veleka
Martin
The Prosecutor
Miladin Voynov
The Tied Up Balloon
Peasant
Taste of Almonds
Mihail Nikodimov
Between the Two
Halata, Plamen's father
Men
Unrelenting
Atanas
The Black River
Dobri
The Golden Tooth
Captain Prodan Lipovski
The Steep Path
Ivan Diviya
The Night of 13th
General
We Were Young
Mladen
First Lesson
Pesho's brother
The Law of the Sea
Petar
Life Flows Slowly By...
Petko
Item One
Troubled Road, a Man Decides
Kazaka
Our Land
Dimo
Morning Over the Motherland
Shlosera