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Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky (russian: Станислав Иосифович Ростоцкий; 21 April 1922, in
Rybinsk Rybinsk ( rus, Рыбинск, p=ˈrɨbʲɪnsk), the second largest city of Yaroslavl Oblast in Russia, lies at the confluence of the Volga and Sheksna Rivers, 267 kilometers north-north-east of Moscow. Population: It was previously known as ...
– 10 August 2001, in
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) was a
Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...
and screenwriter, the recipient of the two
USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...
s and a Lenin Prize. He was named
People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significa ...
in 1974.


Early years

Stanislav Rostotsky was born in
Rybinsk Rybinsk ( rus, Рыбинск, p=ˈrɨbʲɪnsk), the second largest city of Yaroslavl Oblast in Russia, lies at the confluence of the Volga and Sheksna Rivers, 267 kilometers north-north-east of Moscow. Population: It was previously known as ...
on 21 April 1922 into a
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-
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family. His grandfather Boleslaw Rostotsky served as a General in the
Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, Romanization of Russian, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the earl ...
and a prosecutor on Emperor's personal order.
, author of 200 monographs, as well as a secretary of the Scientific Medical Council at the
People's Commissariat for Health The Ministry of Health (MOH) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (), formed on 15 March 1946, was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union. It was formerly (until 1946) known as the People's Commissariat for He ...
. His brother Boleslaw Norbert Iosifovich Rostotsky (1912—1981) was a famous theater historian. At the age of five, Stanilsav watched
Battleship Potemkin '' Battleship Potemkin'' (russian: Бронено́сец «Потёмкин», ''Bronenosets Potyomkin''), sometimes rendered as ''Battleship Potyomkin'', is a 1925 Soviet silent drama film produced by Mosfilm. Directed and co-written by S ...
and became obsessed with cinema. In 1936 he met
Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ɪjzʲɪnˈʂtʲejn, 2=Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, scre ...
and took part in his unfinished Bezhin Meadow movie as an actor. Eisenstein became his teacher and good friend later on. He convinced Stanislav that only a well-read and educated person may become a film director. This influenced his decision to enter the Institute of Philosophy and Literature in 1940, with an intention to enter
VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени Sergei Gerasimov (film director), С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-R ...
.Richard Chatten.
Stanislav Rostotsky
' obituary at
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, 27 August 27, 2001, 2007 (in Russian) In 1942 he was enrolled in the Red Army. He left for the front line in a year. He served as a photojournalist in the 6th cavalry corps and traveled from
Vyazma Vyazma (russian: Вя́зьма) is a town and the administrative center of Vyazemsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vyazma River, about halfway between Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast, and Mozhaysk. Th ...
through
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to
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at the Feat of the People website (in Russian) In 1944 Rostotsky was seriously injured during the fight near
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when he was driven over by a Nazi tank. He survived only due to a trench where his body was partly buried. According to Rostotsky, one of his legs was ruined, as well as his rib cage and his hand. "''In addition, a shell fragment hurt me in the head... Good thing the mates took my gun away — otherwise I would've probably shot myself. Because I spent 22 hours lying in that swamp, losing my consciousness, so I had time to think''". He was saved by one of the passing soldiers and then — by a front nurse Anna Chugunova who carried him to the hospital. Rostotsky later dedicated his film
The Dawns Here Are Quiet ''The Dawns Here Are Quiet'' (russian: А зори здесь тихие, A zori zdes tikhie) is a 1972 Soviet war drama directed by Stanislav Rostotsky based on Boris Vasilyev's novel of the same name. The film deals with antiwar themes and ...
to her. As a result of
gangrene Gangrene is a type of tissue death caused by a lack of blood supply. Symptoms may include a change in skin color to red or black, numbness, swelling, pain, skin breakdown, and coolness. The feet and hands are most commonly affected. If the gan ...
he lost one of his legs (a below-knee amputation). He wore a
prosthesis In medicine, a prosthesis (plural: prostheses; from grc, πρόσθεσις, prósthesis, addition, application, attachment), or a prosthetic implant, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through trau ...
, yet never mentioned it and led an active life. Many people working with him didn't even realise he was disabled. He refused to use a walking stick despite the pain, especially during later years. He was awarded the 1st class
Order of the Patriotic War The Order of the Patriotic War (russian: Орден Отечественной войны, Orden Otechestvennoy voiny) is a Soviet military decoration that was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisa ...
and the
Order of the Red Star The Order of the Red Star (russian: Орден Красной Звезды, Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 193 ...
.


Career

During September 1944 at the age of 22 Stanislav joined
VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени Sergei Gerasimov (film director), С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-R ...
to become a film director. His teacher was
Grigori Kozintsev Grigori Mikhailovich Kozintsev (russian: link=no, Григорий Михайлович Козинцев; 11 May 1973) was a Soviet theatre and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1964. In 196 ...
. He studied for seven years, simultaneously working as Kozintsev's assistant at the
Lenfilm Lenfilm (russian: link=no, Ленфильм) is a Russian production company with its own film studio located in Saint Petersburg (the city was called Leningrad from 1924 to 1991, thus the name). It is a corporation with its stakes shared betwe ...
studio. In 1952 Rostotsky directed his graduation movie ''Ways-Roads''. During the audition he met his future wife, an actress
Nina Menshikova Nina Yevgenyevna Menshikova (russian: Ни́на Евге́ньевна Ме́ньшикова ; 8 August 1928 – 26 December 2007) was a Soviet actress. She was the wife of Stanislav Rostotsky and the mother of Andrei Rostotsky. Nina Mensh ...
. Rostotsky received good recommendations and was sent to work at the
Gorky Film Studio Gorky Film Studio (russian: Киностудия имени Горького) is a film studio in Moscow, Russian Federation. By the end of the Soviet Union, Gorky Film Studio had produced more than 1,000 films. Many film classics were filmed ...
where he spent the next 35 years. Between 1955 and 1989 Rostotsky directed and co-directed 12 motion pictures, one short film and one documentary ''Profession: Film Actor'' (1979) dedicated to his close friend
Vyacheslav Tikhonov Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov (russian: Вячесла́в Васи́льевич Ти́хонов; 8 February 1928, in Pavlovsky Posad – 4 December 2009, in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor whose best known role was as Soviet spy ...
who started in five of his movies in the leading roles. Unlike many other directors, he cast his wife only once, in a supporting role in the film
We'll Live Till Monday ''We'll Live Till Monday'' (russian: Доживём до понедельника, translit. Dozhivyom do ponedelnika) is a 1968 Soviet drama film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. It was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Fest ...
(1968). Their son — Andrei Rostotsky, a professional actor and stuntman — was also given only one role in the historical war picture ''A Squadron of Flying Hussars'' (1980) co-directed by Stanislav under a pseudonym of Stepan Stepanov. War was a running theme in most of his movies, referred to either directly or indirectly. He was named a
People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significa ...
in 1974. He also served as a teacher at VGIK and the President of the Jury at the
9th Moscow International Film Festival The 9th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 to 23 July 1975. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Polish film '' The Promised Land'' directed by Andrzej Wajda, the Soviet-Japanese film '' Dersu Uzala'' directed by Akira Kurosaw ...
in 1975, the
10th Moscow International Film Festival The 10th Moscow International Film Festival was held 7-21 July 1977. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Hungarian film '' The Fifth Seal'' directed by Zoltán Fábri, the Spanish film '' El puente'' directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and the S ...
in 1977, the 11th Moscow International Film Festival in 1979, the
12th Moscow International Film Festival The 12th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1981. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Brazilian film '' O Homem que Virou Suco'' directed by João Batista de Andrade, the Vietnamese film '' The Abandoned Field: Free ...
in 1981 and the
13th Moscow International Film Festival The 13th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1983. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Moroccan-Guinea-Senegalese film '' Amok'' directed by Souheil Ben-Barka, the Nicaraguan-Cuban-Mexican-Costa Rican film '' Alsino ...
in 1983. As a journalist he was a regular contributor to a number of film periodicals and biographical books, wrote about
Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ɪjzʲɪnˈʂtʲejn, 2=Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, scre ...
,
Grigori Kozintsev Grigori Mikhailovich Kozintsev (russian: link=no, Григорий Михайлович Козинцев; 11 May 1973) was a Soviet theatre and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1964. In 196 ...
, Andrei Moskvin and
Leonid Bykov Leonid Fedorovich Bykov (russian: Леонид Фёдорович Быков, uk, Леонід Федорович Биков; 11 December 1928, in Znamenka village, Artemivsk Okruha of Ukrainian SSR – 11 April 1979, in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, ...
. A long-time member of the Filmmakers' Union, he lost his place at the board during the infamous ''V Congress of the Soviet Filmmakers'' in 1986, being accused of "nepotism" and "political conformism" alongside
Lev Kulidzhanov Lev Aleksandrovich Kulidzhanov (russian: Лев Александрович Кулиджанов; 19 March 1924 – 17 February 2002) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and professor at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. ...
,
Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (russian: Сергей Фёдорович Бондарчук, ; uk, Сергі́й Федорович Бондарчук, Serhíj Fédorovych Bondarchúk; 25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian ...
and other top directors. This led to a split, restructuring and further dramatic changes. Many critics and filmmakers consider it to be the start of the decline of the Soviet cinema. Rostotsky himself left the industry after finishing his final film ''From the Life of Fyodor Kuzkin'' in 1989. In his later interviews, he told that he had nothing left to say and that he was horrified by the current state of cinema. According to him, young people needed positive emotions, but instead the latest Soviet and Russian films and art in general relied primarily on vulgarity and instincts.


Late years

During the 1990s Rostotsky spent a lot of time at his house near the
Gulf of Finland The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and E ...
, fishing, as this was his favourite hobby. He turned to cinema only once — to act in the 1998 TV mini-series ''At Daggers Drawn'', an adaptation of the classic novel of the same name (director Alexandr Orlov). He also took part in the '' Window on Europe'' film festival in
Vyborg Vyborg (; rus, Вы́борг, links=1, r=Výborg, p=ˈvɨbərk; fi, Viipuri ; sv, Viborg ; german: Wiborg ) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus n ...
. Rostotsky died on 10 August 2001 on his way to the festival. He felt a strong pain in the chest and managed to pull the car over. His wife called the ambulance, but the doctors were unable to save him. Stanislav Rostotsky was buried in Moscow on the
Vagankovo Cemetery Vagankovo Cemetery (russian: Ваганьковское кладбище, Vagan'kovskoye kladbishche), established in 1771, is located in the Presnya district of Moscow. It started in the aftermath of the Moscow plague riot of 1771 outside the c ...
. In just a year his only son Andrei Rostotsky died tragically as he fell down a cliff while making preparations for his new movie.Actor dies in film stunt tragedy
by CNN, May 6, 2002


Filmography

*1955 — Land and People () *1957 — It Happened in Penkovo () *1959 —
May Stars ''May Stars'' (russian: Майские звезды, cs, Májové hvězdy) is a 1959 Soviet-Czechoslovak war film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. Plot The film takes place in May 1945. Soviet soldiers liberate Prague. People remember life bef ...
() *1962 — Seven Winds () *1963 — Winter Impressions () *1965-66 — Hero of Our Time () *1968 —
We'll Live Till Monday ''We'll Live Till Monday'' (russian: Доживём до понедельника, translit. Dozhivyom do ponedelnika) is a 1968 Soviet drama film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. It was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Fest ...
() *1972 —
The Dawns Here Are Quiet ''The Dawns Here Are Quiet'' (russian: А зори здесь тихие, A zori zdes tikhie) is a 1972 Soviet war drama directed by Stanislav Rostotsky based on Boris Vasilyev's novel of the same name. The film deals with antiwar themes and ...
() *1974 — Under a Stone Sky () *1977 —
White Bim Black Ear ''White Bim Black Ear'' (russian: Белый Бим Чёрное ухо, translit. ''Belyy Bim, Chyornoe ukho'') is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. It is based upon the book of the same name, written by Gavriil Tro ...
() *1979 — Profession: Film Actor () *1980 — Squadron of Flying Hussars () *1984 — Trees Grow on the Stones Too () *1989 —
From the Life of Fyodor Kuzkin ''From the Life of Fyodor Kuzkin'' () is a 1989 Soviet drama film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. Plot The film tells about the man Fyodor Kuzkin, who went through all the bad weather of the thirties and forties and decided to become the sole ...
()


Awards

His 1968 film ''
We'll Live Till Monday ''We'll Live Till Monday'' (russian: Доживём до понедельника, translit. Dozhivyom do ponedelnika) is a 1968 Soviet drama film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. It was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Fest ...
'' won the Golden Prize at the
6th Moscow International Film Festival The 6th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 22 July 1969. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Cuban film '' Lucía'' directed by Humberto Solás, the Italian film '' Serafino'' directed by Pietro Germi and the Soviet film ' ...
. Rostotsky's films ''
The Dawns Here Are Quiet ''The Dawns Here Are Quiet'' (russian: А зори здесь тихие, A zori zdes tikhie) is a 1972 Soviet war drama directed by Stanislav Rostotsky based on Boris Vasilyev's novel of the same name. The film deals with antiwar themes and ...
'' (1972) and ''
White Bim Black Ear ''White Bim Black Ear'' (russian: Белый Бим Чёрное ухо, translit. ''Belyy Bim, Chyornoe ukho'') is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. It is based upon the book of the same name, written by Gavriil Tro ...
'' (1977) were both nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
, with the latter also winning the
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at the
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has beco ...
.


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Stanislav Rostotsky
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