Children Ivan Georgiev-Getz Role Film actor | Name Georgi Georgiev-Getz Years active 1953–1996 Ex-spouse Tsena Georgieva | |
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Born October 4, 1926 ( 1926-10-04 ) Montana Municipality, Bulgaria Died September 2, 1996, Sofia, Bulgaria Movies A Peasant on a Bicycle, The Eighth, The Tied Up Balloon, Balance, First Lesson Similar People Lyudmil Kirkov, Binka Zhelyazkova, Rangel Valchanov, Vladimir Petrov | ||
Occupation Film and Theater Actor | ||
Georgi Georgiev-Getz (Bulgarian: Георги Георгиев-Гец; October 4, 1926 – September 2, 1996) was a Bulgarian film and stage actor.
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Best known for portraying valiant and honest conservative men, Getz was among the prominent names in the Bulgarian cinematography and theatre during the second half of the 20th century. He appeared in many of the Bulgarian film classics such as We Were Young (1961), The Tied Up Balloon (1967), The Eighth (1969), Thorn Apple (1972), Matriarchy (1977) and probably his most notable role as Yordan in A Peasant on a Bicycle (1974) for which he received an award for Best Actor at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival in 1975.
Biography and career
He was born as Georgi Ivanov Georgiev on October 4, 1926 in the village of Montana Bulgaria, Montana Municipality, Bulgaria. In 1947, after finishing the secondary school, he went to Sofia where he enrolled in acting at The National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts graduating in 1953. After the graduation, Getz joined the troupe of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre where he remained for almost his whole career until 1990.
Georgi Georgiev-Getz died as a result of a stroke on September 2, 1996 in Sofia.
in Bulgarian: Кръговрат
in English: Circle
in Bulgarian: Под игото
in English: Under the Yoke
in Bulgarian: Право на избор
in English: Right to Choose
in Bulgarian: Баща
in English: Father
in Bulgarian: Животът си тече тихо...
in English: Life Flows Slowly by...
in Bulgarian: Вечери в Антимовския хан
in English: Evenings in the Antim's Inn
in Bulgarian: Васко де Гама от село Рупча
in English: Vasko de Gama from Rupcha Village
in Bulgarian: Те надделяха
in English: They Prevailed
in Bulgarian: Денят на владетелите
in English: The Day of the Rulers
in Bulgarian: Мечтание съм аз
in English: I Am a Dream
in Bulgarian: Стената
in English: The Dam
in Bulgarian: Откога те чакам
in English: It's Nice to See You
in Bulgarian: Равновесие
in English: Balance
in Bulgarian: Най-тежкият грях
in English: The Worst Sin
in Bulgarian: Спирка `Берлин`
in English: 'Berlin' Station
in Bulgarian: Ударът
in English: The Thrust
in Bulgarian: Пришествие
in English: Advent
in Bulgarian: Милост за живите
in English: Mercy for the Living
in Bulgarian: Уони
in English: Wonny (Europe)
in Bulgarian: Трите смъртни гряха
in English: Three Deadly Sins
in Bulgarian: Сами сред вълци
in English: Alone Among Wolves
in Bulgarian: Пътят към София
in English: The Way to Sofia
in Bulgarian: Матриархат
in English: Matriarchy
in Bulgarian: Допълнение към закона за защита на държавата
in English: Amendment to the Law for the Defense of the State
in Bulgarian: Селянинът с колелото
in English: A Peasant on a Bicycle
in Bulgarian: Последният ерген
in English: The Last Bachelor
in Bulgarian: Зарево над Драва
in English: Glow Over the Drava River
in Bulgarian: Игрек 17
in English: Y-17
in Bulgarian: Татул
in English: Thorn Apple
in Bulgarian: Няма нищо по-хубаво от лошото време
in English: There Is Nothing Finer Than Bad Weather
in Bulgarian: Цитаделата отговори
... aka The Citadel Replied
in Bulgarian: Четиримата от вагона
in English: Four Men in a Boxcar
in Bulgarian: Осмият
in English: The Eighth
in Bulgarian: На всеки километър
in English: At Each Kilometer
in Bulgarian: Тръгни на път
in English: Set Out Again
in Bulgarian: Небето на Велека
in English: The Sky Over the Veleka
in Bulgarian: Прокурорът
in English: The Prosecutor
in Bulgarian: Привързаният балон
in English: The Tied Up Balloon
in Bulgarian: С дъх на бадеми
in English: Taste of Almonds
in Bulgarian: Най-дългата нощ
in English: The Longest Night
in Bulgarian: Между двамата
in English: Between Parents
in Bulgarian: Мъже
in English: Men
in Bulgarian: Непримиримите
in English: The Intransigents
in Bulgarian: Черната река
in English: The Black River
in Bulgarian: Златният зъб
in English: The Golden Tooth
in Bulgarian: Стръмната пътека
in English: The Steep Path
in Bulgarian: Нощта срещу тринадесети
in English: On the Eve of the 13th
in Bulgarian: А бяхме млади
in English: We Were Young
in Bulgarian: Първи урок
in English: First Lesson The Old Lady in the UK
in Bulgarian: Законът на морето
in English: The Law of the Sea
in Bulgarian: Точка първа
in English:Item One
in Bulgarian: Неспокоен път
in English: Troubled Road, a Man Decides
in Bulgarian: Наша земя
in English: Our Land
in Bulgarian: Утро над Родината
in English: Dawn Over the Homeland