Georgi Georgiev-Getz

Georgi Georgiev-Getz (Георги Георгиев-Гец; October 4, 1926 – September 2, 1996) was a Bulgarian film and stage actor.

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 Razpopovtsi, today neighborhood of the town of Elena, 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, Bulgaria.

Full filmography
in Bulgarian: Утро над Родината in English: Dawn Over the Homeland in Bulgarian: Наша земя in English: Our Land in Bulgarian: Неспокоен път in English: Troubled Road, a Man Decides in Bulgarian: Точка първа in English:Item One in Bulgarian: Законът на морето in English: The Law of the Sea in Bulgarian: Първи урок in English: First Lesson The Old Lady in the UK in Bulgarian: А бяхме млади in English: We Were Young in Bulgarian: Нощта срещу тринадесети in English: On the Eve of the 13th in Bulgarian: Стръмната пътека in English: The Steep Path in Bulgarian: Златният зъб in English: The Golden Tooth in Bulgarian: Nur tote Zeugen schweigen in English: Le Tueur à la rose rouge in Bulgarian: Черната река in English: The Black River in Bulgarian: Непримиримите in English: The Intransigents in Bulgarian: Мъже in English: Men in Bulgarian: Между двамата in English: Between Parents in Bulgarian: Най-дългата нощ in English: The Longest Night in Bulgarian: С дъх на бадеми in English: Taste of Almonds in Bulgarian: Привързаният балон in English: The Tied Up Balloon in Bulgarian: Небето на Велека in English: The Sky Over the Veleka in Bulgarian: Осмият in English: The Eighth in Bulgarian: Тръгни на път in English: Set Out Again in Bulgarian: На всеки километър in English: At Each Kilometer in Bulgarian: Четиримата от вагона in English: Four Men in a Boxcar in Bulgarian: Цитаделата отговори in English: The Citadel Replied in Bulgarian: Няма нищо по-хубаво от лошото време in English: There Is Nothing Finer Than Bad Weather in Bulgarian: Татул in English: Thorn Apple in Bulgarian: Игрек 17 in English: Y-17 in Bulgarian: Зарево над Драва in English: Dawn Over the Drava in Bulgarian: Последният ерген in English: The Last Bachelor in Bulgarian: Селянинът с колелото in English: A Peasant on a Bicycle in Bulgarian: Допълнение към закона за защита на държавата in English: Amendment to the Law for the Defense of the State in Bulgarian: Матриархат in English: Matriarchy in Bulgarian: Сами сред вълци in English: Alone Among Wolves in Bulgarian: Пътят към София in English: The Way to Sofia in Bulgarian: Трите смъртни гряха in English: Three Deadly Sins in Bulgarian: Уони in English: Wonny (Europe) in Bulgarian: Милост за живите in English: Mercy for the Living in Bulgarian: Пришествие in English: Advent in Bulgarian: Ударът in English: The Thrust in Bulgarian: Спирка `Берлин` in English: 'Berlin' Station in Bulgarian: Най-тежкият грях in English: The Worst Sin in Bulgarian: Равновесие in English: Balance in Bulgarian: Откога те чакам in English: It's Nice to See You in Bulgarian: Стената in English: The Dam in Bulgarian: Мечтание съм аз in English: I Am a Dream in Bulgarian: Денят на владетелите in English: The Day of the Rulers in Bulgarian: Те надделяха in English: They Prevailed in Bulgarian: Васко де Гама от село Рупча in English: Vasko de Gama from Rupcha Village in Bulgarian: Вечери в Антимовския хан in English: Evenings in the Antim's Inn in Bulgarian: Прокурорът in English: The Prosecutor in Bulgarian: Животът си тече тихо... in English: Life Flows Slowly by... in Bulgarian: Баща in English: Father in Bulgarian: Право на избор in English: Right to Choose in Bulgarian: Под игото in English: Under the Yoke in Bulgarian: Кръговрат in English: Circle
 * Utro nad Rodinata (1951) as the Locksmith
 * Nasha zemya (1952) as Dimo
 * Nespokoen pat (1955) as the Khazak
 * Tochka parva (1956)
 * Zakonat na moreto (1958) as Petar
 * Parvi urok (1960) as Pesho's Brother
 * A byahme mladi (1961) as Mladen
 * Noshtta sreshtu trinadeseti (1961) as General
 * Stramnata pateka (1961) as Ivan Diviya
 * Zlatniyat zab (1962) as Captain Prodan Lipovski, The Golden Tooth
 * Le Tueur à la rose rouge (1962)
 * Chernata reka (1964) as Dobri
 * Neprimirimite (1964) as Atanas
 * Mazhe (1966)
 * Mezhdu dvamata (1966) as Halata, Plamen's father
 * Nay-dalgata nosht (1967) as Stranger
 * S dah na bademi (1967) as Mihail Nikodimov
 * The Tied Up Balloon / Privarzaniyat balon (1967) as Peasant
 * Nebeto na Veleka (1968) as Martin
 * Osmiyat (1969) as Osmiyat
 * Trugni na put (1969) as Predsedatelyat Radi Radulov
 * Na vseki kilometar (1969, TV Series) as the Voivode (unknown episodes)
 * Chetirimata ot vagona (1970) as Kapitan Draganov
 * Tzitadelata otgovori (1970) as Major Petar Hariev
 * Nyama nishto po-hubavo ot loshoto vreme (1971) as Emil Boev
 * Tatul (1972) as Ganchovski
 * Igrek 17  (1973) as Kapitan Rudev
 * Zarevo nad Drava (1974) as Major Boyan Vasilev
 * Posledniyat ergen (1974) as the Colonel
 * Selyaninat s Koleloto (1974) as Yordan
 * Dopalnenie kam zakona za zashtita na darzhavata (1976) as the Man with the cigarette
 * Matriarhat' (1977) as Milor
 * Sami sred valtzi (1979, TV Series) as Geshev
 * Patyat kam Sofia (1979, TV Mini-Series) as Kliment Budinov
 * Trite smurtni gryaha (1980) as Kuzdo Karakozov
 * Uoni (1980) as Ivan Gyaurov - Uoni
 * Milost za zhivite (1981) as Bay Stefan
 * Prishestvie (1981)
 * Udarat (1981)
 * Spirka "Berlin" (1982)
 * Nay-tezhkiyat gryah (1982) as Simeonov-Vedrin
 * Niccolo Paganini (1982, TV Mini-Series)
 * Ravnovesie (1983) as the Script-writer
 * Otkoga te chakam (1984) as Former director
 * Stenata (1984) as Chichov
 * Mechtanie sam az (1985)
 * Denyat na vladetelite (1986) as Dilon
 * Te naddelyaha (1986) as Bay Dragan
 * Vasko de Gama ot selo Rupcha (1986, TV Series) as Captain of the Ship
 * Vecheri v Antimovskiya han (1988, TV Series) as Kalmuka
 * Prokurorat (1988) as the prosecutor Miladin Voynov
 * Zhivotut si teche tiho... (1988) as Petko
 * Bashta (1989) as the Father
 * Pravo na izbor (1989)
 * Pod igoto (1990, TV Series) as Chorbadzhi Marko
 * Kragovrat (1993) as Shanov (final film role)