Sergey Nikolayevich Kolosov (; 27 December 1921 – 11 February 2012INTERFAX.RU: На 91-м году жизни скончался режиссёр Сергей Колосов
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(1988).

Biography

He was born in Moscow into a family of actors Nikolai Alekseyevich Kolosov-Mayevsky and Lyubov Isidorovna Frank. He participated in the

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and the

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. From 1948 to 1951, in parallel with his studies in

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, he worked as an assistant director in the Russian Army Theatre. From 1952 to 1955, he worked as the director of the Moscow Theater of Satire. In 1955, he went to work in a film studio

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and debuted in the cinema film ''Soldier's Heart'' in 1958. In 1964, Kolosov as a director took the first Soviet television serial film ''Call Fire for Ourselves'', in which the main role was played by his wife Lyudmila Kasatkina. Умер режиссёр одного из первых советских сериалов Сергей Колосов
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(Department of Television and Radio Broadcasting). Kolosov died of a stroke on 11 February 2012 in Moscow. He was buried on 15 February at the

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.Режиссёра Сергея Колосова похоронили на Новодевичьем кладбище, участок № 3
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Filmography

* '' Remember Your Name'' (1974, director and screenwriter) * ''

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'' (1982, director and screenwriter)

Bibliography

* Lyudmila Kasatkina, Sergey Kolosov. ''Fate on Two. Memories in Dialogues'' (2005)

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