Georgi Georgiev-Getz

Georgi Georgiev-Getz
Born(1926-10-04)October 4, 1926
village of Razpopovtsi, Bulgaria
DiedSeptember 2, 1996(1996-09-02) (aged 69)
Occupation(s)Film and Theater Actor
Years active1953–1996
SpouseTsena Georgieva

Georgi Georgiev-Getz (Bulgarian: 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.[1] 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.[2][3]

  1. ^ (in Bulgarian) Georgi Georgiev-Getz biography at www.cinefish.bg
  2. ^ "9th Moscow International Film Festival (1975)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  3. ^ Georgi Georgiev-Getz at IMDB