Stanislav Rostotsky
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Stanislav Rostotsky
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Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky 21 April 1922 Rybinsk, Russian SFSR |
| Died | 10 August 2001 (aged 79) Vyborg, Russia |
| Spouse(s) | Nina Menshikova |
Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky (Russian: Станисла́в Ио́сифович Росто́цкий; 21 April 1922, in Rybinsk – 10 August 2001, in Vyborg) was a Russian film director, the recipient of the two USSR State Prizes and a Lenin Prize.
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 following the Emperor's order. His father Iosif Boleslawovich (1890—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 (1882—1964) was a milliner turned a housekeeper. He had a brother Boleslaw Norbert Iosifovich (born 1911), a famous theater historian during the Soviet days. 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.
In 1942 he was enrolled in the Red Army. He left for the front line in a year. As a private he served in the 6th cavalry corps and traveled from Vyazma through Smolensk to Rivne, taking part in battles. 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 — 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. He later dedicated his film The Dawns Here Are Quiet to her. As a result, Rostotsky lost one of his feet. He wore a prosthesis, yet never mentioned it and led an active life. Many people working with him didn't even realise he was disabled. He was awarded the 1st class Order of the Patriotic War and the Order of the Red Star.
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