27 Facts About Stanislav Rostotsky

Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and pedagogue.

Stanislav Rostotsky was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.

Stanislav Rostotsky was born in Rybinsk on 21 April 1922 into a Russian-Polish family.

Stanislav Rostotsky's father Iosif Boleslawovich Rostotsky was an acclaimed doctor, docent, author of 200 monographs, as well as a secretary of the Scientific Medical Council at the People's Commissariat for Health.

Stanislav Rostotsky's mother Lidia Karlovna Rostotskaya was a milliner turned a housewife; she was half-French.

Stanislav Rostotsky's brother Boleslaw Norbert Iosifovich Rostotsky was a famous theater historian.

At the age of five, Rostotsky watched Battleship Potemkin and became obsessed with cinema.

Stanislav Rostotsky left for the front line in a year.

Stanislav Rostotsky served as a photojournalist in the 6th cavalry corps and traveled from Vyazma through Smolensk to Rivne.

In 1944 Stanislav Rostotsky was seriously injured during the fight near Dubno when he was driven over by a Nazi tank.

Stanislav Rostotsky survived only due to a trench where his body was partly buried.

Stanislav Rostotsky later dedicated his film The Dawns Here Are Quiet to her.

Stanislav Rostotsky wore a prosthesis, yet never mentioned it and led an active life.

Stanislav Rostotsky refused to use a walking stick despite the pain, especially during later years.

Stanislav Rostotsky was awarded the 1st class Order of the Patriotic War and the Order of the Red Star.

Stanislav Rostotsky studied for seven years, simultaneously working as Kozintsev's assistant at the Lenfilm studio.

Stanislav Rostotsky received good recommendations and was sent to work at the Gorky Film Studio where he spent the next 35 years.

Between 1955 and 1989 Stanislav Rostotsky directed and co-directed 12 motion pictures, one short film and one documentary Profession: Film Actor dedicated to his close friend Vyacheslav Tikhonov who started in five of his movies in the leading roles.

Stanislav Rostotsky was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.

Stanislav Rostotsky served as a teacher at VGIK and the president of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival in 1975, the 10th Moscow International Film Festival in 1977, the 11th Moscow International Film Festival in 1979, the 12th Moscow International Film Festival in 1981 and the 13th Moscow International Film Festival in 1983.

Stanislav Rostotsky himself left the industry after finishing his final film From the Life of Fyodor Kuzkin in 1989.

Stanislav Rostotsky took part in the Window on Europe film festival in Vyborg.

Stanislav Rostotsky died on 10 August 2001 on his way to the festival.

Stanislav Rostotsky felt a strong pain in the chest and managed to pull the car over.

Stanislav Rostotsky's wife called the ambulance, but the doctors were unable to save him.

Stanislav Rostotsky was buried in Moscow in the Vagankovo Cemetery.

In just a year his only son Andrei Stanislav Rostotsky died tragically as he fell down a cliff while making preparations for his new movie.