Georgi Georgiev-Getz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 4, 1926
- Died
- September 2, 1996 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Елена, България
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
Father
Movie
Right to Choose
Movie
Evenings in Antim's Inn
Movie
Day of Rulers
Movie · as Dilon
Васко да Гама от село Рупча
TV · as Капитанът на кораба · 6 eps
I've Been Waiting For You
Movie
Equilibrium
Movie · as The Scriptwriter
The Biggest Sin
Movie
Nicolo Paganini
Movie
Nicolo Paganini
TV · 4 eps
Advent
Movie
The Three Deadly Sins
Movie · as Kuzdo Karakozov
Matriarchy
Movie
Soldiers of Freedom
TV · as Christo Michajłow · 4 eps
A Peasant on a Bicycle
Movie · as Yordan
Dawn Over the Drava
Movie · as Major Boyan Vasilev
The Last Bachelor
Movie · as the colonel
Y-17
Movie · as Captain Rudev
There Is Nothing Finer Than Bad Weather
Movie · as Emil Boev
Four Men in a Boxcar
Movie · as Captain Draganov
The Citadel Responded
Movie · as Petar Hariev
The Eighth
Movie · as Osmiyat
Every kilometer
TV · as Войводата / The Voivode · 1 ep
The Sky Over Veleka
Movie · as Martin
The Prosecutor
Movie · as Miladin Voynov
The Tied Up Balloon
Movie · as Peasant
Taste of Almonds
Movie · as Mihail Nikodimov
Between the Two
Movie · as Halata, Plamen's father
Men
Movie
The Black River
Movie · as Dobri
Unrelenting
Movie · as Atanas
The Golden Tooth
Movie · as Captain Prodan Lipovski
The Steep Path
Movie · as Ivan Diviya
We Were Young
Movie · as Mladen
The Night of 13th
Movie · as General
First Lesson
Movie · as Pesho's brother
The Law of the Sea
Movie · as Petar
Life Flows Slowly By...
Movie · as Petko
Item One
Movie
Troubled Road, a Man Decides
Movie · as Kazaka
Our Land
Movie · as Dimo
Morning Over the Motherland
Movie · as Shlosera