Stanislaw Iossifowitsch Rostotski

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Stanislaw Iossifowitsch Rostozki ( Russian Станислав Иосифович Ростоцкий ; born April 21, 1922 in Rybinsk , RSFSR , Soviet Union; † August 10, 2001 near Vyborg , Russia ) was a Soviet or Russian director and screenwriter.

Life

Rostozki was born as the son of the doctor Iossif Boleslawowitsch Rostozki who came from a Polish aristocratic family and the housewife Lidija Karlowna Rostozkaja. His brother Boleslav Iossifowitsch Rostozki later became known as a theater scholar. At the age of 14, Rostozki played a supporting role in the unfinished film Beshinwiese by Sergei Eisenstein and Eisenstein's works had a lasting influence on Rostozki. In 1940, Rostotski enrolled at the Moscow Institute for Philosophy, Literature and History (МИФЛИ) on Eisenstein's recommendation. In February 1942 he was drafted into the Red Army and fought in World War IIat the front in Ukraine and was seriously wounded in February 1944 near Dubno when he was run over by a tank. During the several months of hospitalization, Rostozki had to have one leg amputated, so that from then on he was dependent on a prosthesis. For his services in the war he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner .

Rostotski enrolled in the Gerasimov Institute for Cinematography in September 1944 in the field of directing. Among his teachers was Grigory Kosinzew , in whose films he worked as an assistant at Lenfilm . Rostotski's thesis Пути-дороги (1951) was not listed at Stalin's behest . One of the actresses who auditioned for a role in Пути-дороги was Nina Menshikova , who became Rostotsky's wife. In 1957, the only son Andrei Rostotski was born, who gained fame as an actor and director and died in 2002.

After completing his studies in 1951, Rostotski went to the Gorky Film Studio , to which he remained loyal as a director until his death. Until 1989 he made a total of 17 feature films. His directorial debut was the 1955 film adaptation of Trojepolski Земля и люди. He achieved international notoriety with It's Still Silent Dawn , which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1973 . Just six years later, another Rostovsky's film, Weißer Bim, Schwarzohr, was nominated for an Oscar. Weißer Bim Schwarzohr also received the crystal globe (main prize) at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1978 .

In the 1960s and 1970s, Rostozski received numerous prestigious awards from the Soviet Union, which recognized his services to Soviet film. In 1964 he was honored as an Honored Artist of the RSFSR, in 1969 he received the People's Artist of the RSFSR Award, and in 1974 the People's Artist of the USSR Award , which was awarded for exceptional performance in the performing arts. Rostotski was a member of the jury of the Moscow International Film Festival five times between 1975 and 1983 and taught directing at the Gerasimov Institute for Cinematography. He also wrote several biographies about Soviet filmmakers, including his mentor Eisenstein, and worked as an author for various magazines.

Rostotsky died of a heart attack on the way to the Windows to Europe film festival not far from Vyborg. He was buried in the Vagankovo ​​Cemetery in Moscow.

Filmography

  • 1951: Пути-дороги
  • 1953: Таинственная находка
  • 1955: Земля и люди
  • 1958: Дело было в Пенькове - also screenplay
  • 1959: Stars in May (Майские звёзды)
  • 1962: The House in the Seven Winds (На семи ветрах) - also screenplay
  • 1963: Зимние этюды
  • 1965: Максим Максимыч - also script
  • 1966: Bela - tragic love (Бэла) - also screenplay
  • 1968: Let's wait for Monday (Доживём до понедельника)
  • 1972: It's still quiet at dawn (А зори здесь тихие) - also script
  • 1977: Weißer Bim Schwarzohr (Белый Бим Чёрное ухо) - also screenplay
  • 1979: Профессия - киноактёр
  • 1980: Squadron of Flying Hussars (Эскадрон гусар летучих)
  • 1985: The Viking's Love (И на камнях растут деревья) - also a screenplay
  • 1989: Из жизни Фёдора Кузькина - also screenplay

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b See interview with Nina Evgenjewna Menshikova from 2005 (Russian) ( Memento from January 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ See imdb.com
  3. ↑ See Nominees and Award Winners of 1973 on oscars.org
  4. ↑ See 1979 nominees and award winners on oscars.org
  5. ↑ See Rostotski's biography on kino-teatr.ru (Russian)
  6. ↑ enk: Stanislaw Rostozki died . In: Berliner Zeitung , August 25, 2001.
personal data
SURNAME Rostotski, Stanislaw Iossifowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ростоцкий, Станислав Иосифович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Rybinsk , RSFSR
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 2001
Place of death near Vyborg , Russia