Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky (Russian: Ð¡Ñ‚Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ñ Ð»Ð°Ð²
Ð˜Ð¾Ñ Ð¸Ñ„Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð Ð¾Ñ Ñ‚Ð¾Ñ†ÐºÐ¸Ð¹; 21 April 1922, in Rybinsk â€"
10 August 2001, in Vyborg) was a Soviet film director and
screenwriter, the recipient of the two USSR State Prizes and a Lenin
Prize. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.Stanislav
Rostotsky was born in Rybinsk on April 21, 1922 into a Russian-Polish
family. His grandfather Boleslaw Rostotsky served as a General in the
Imperial Russian Army and a prosecutor on Emperor's personal order.
His father Iosif Boleslawovich Rostotsky (1890â€"1965) 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. His mother Lidia Karlovna Rostotskaya
(1882â€"1964) was a milliner turned a housewife; she was half-French.
His brother Boleslaw Norbert Iosifovich Rostotsky (1912â€"1981) was a
famous theater historian.At the age of five, Stanilsav watched
Battleship Potemkin and became obsessed with cinema. In 1936 he met
Sergei Eisenstein 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.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 through Smolensk to Rivne. In
1944 Rostotsky was seriously injured during the fight near Dubno 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 â€" 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".
Ð˜Ð¾Ñ Ð¸Ñ„Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð Ð¾Ñ Ñ‚Ð¾Ñ†ÐºÐ¸Ð¹; 21 April 1922, in Rybinsk â€"
10 August 2001, in Vyborg) was a Soviet film director and
screenwriter, the recipient of the two USSR State Prizes and a Lenin
Prize. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.Stanislav
Rostotsky was born in Rybinsk on April 21, 1922 into a Russian-Polish
family. His grandfather Boleslaw Rostotsky served as a General in the
Imperial Russian Army and a prosecutor on Emperor's personal order.
His father Iosif Boleslawovich Rostotsky (1890â€"1965) 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. His mother Lidia Karlovna Rostotskaya
(1882â€"1964) was a milliner turned a housewife; she was half-French.
His brother Boleslaw Norbert Iosifovich Rostotsky (1912â€"1981) was a
famous theater historian.At the age of five, Stanilsav watched
Battleship Potemkin and became obsessed with cinema. In 1936 he met
Sergei Eisenstein 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.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 through Smolensk to Rivne. In
1944 Rostotsky was seriously injured during the fight near Dubno 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 â€" 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".
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