Georgi Georgiev-Getz

Georgi Georgiev-Getz

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: Acting

Born: Елена, България, 1926-10-04

Died: 1996-09-02

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Morning Over the Motherland	Shlosera	0
2	1952	Our Land	Dimo	0
3	1955	Troubled Road, a Man Decides	Kazaka	0
4	1956	Item One		90
5	1957	Life Quietly Moves On...	Petko	80
6	1958	The Law of the Sea	Petar	0
7	1960	First Lesson	Pesho's brother	0
8	1961	We Were Young	Mladen	73
9	1961	The Night of 13th	General	0
10	1961	The Steep Path	Ivan Diviya	0
11	1962	The Golden Tooth	Captain Prodan Lipovski	0
12	1964	The Black River	Dobri	0
13	1964	Unrelenting	Atanas	0
14	1966	Men		0
15	1966	Between the Two	Halata, Plamen's father	0
16	1967	Taste of Almonds	Mihail Nikodimov	0
17	1967	The Tied Up Balloon	Peasant	60
18	1968	The Prosecutor	Miladin Voynov	0
19	1968	The Sky Over Veleka	Martin	0
20	1969	The Eighth	Osmiyat	60
21	1970	Four Men in a Boxcar	Captain Draganov	0
22	1970	The Citadel Responded	Petar Hariev	0
23	1971	There Is Nothing Finer Than Bad Weather	Emil Boev	50
24	1973	Y-17	Captain Rudev	0
25	1974	Dawn Over the Drava	Major Boyan Vasilev	0
26	1974	The Last Bachelor	the colonel	80
27	1974	A Peasant on a Bicycle	Yordan	63
28	1977	Matriarchy		70
29	1980	The Three Deadly Sins	Kuzdo Karakozov	0
30	1981	Advent		0
31	1982	Nicolo Paganini		20
32	1982	The Biggest Sin		0
33	1983	Equilibrium	The Scriptwriter	0
34	1984	I've Been Waiting For You		0
35	1986	Day of Rulers	Dilon	70
36	1988	Evenings in Antim's Inn		0
37	1989	Father		0
38	1989	Right to Choose		0

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1951