Stanislav Rostotsky is the creator of cult films, one of the famous directors of the Soviet era. His paintings are still shown in schools so that schoolchildren have an idea of the heroic deed of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War.
Stanislav was born in 1922 in the city of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region, in the family of a doctor and a housewife. All his childhood was spent in the village. Stanislav was an ordinary boy: he was proud of Chkalov's feat, Chelyuskin people, polar explorers. Unless I read a lot and often went to the cinema.
Once the boy got to the screen test of the film "Bezhin Meadow", and saw there the famous director Eisenstein. Stanislav dreamed of becoming his student and asked about it, but Eisenstein said that he needed to learn, because the director must know a lot, read a lot and understand literature.
This dialogue influenced the choice of an educational institution - after school Rostotsky entered the Institute of Philosophy and Literature. He studies a lot in order to know more and is going to enter VGIK.
But in 1941 the war began, and, recognized as unfit for military operations, Rostotsky still fled to the front. In 1944 he was seriously wounded, his leg was amputated. For him, the war ended when our troops were in Prague.
Director's career
After the war, Stanislav still entered VGIK and studied there for seven years, because he helped the director Kozintsev in the filming of films. He received his diploma in 1952, and even then he was considered an accomplished director. Therefore, Rostotsky was immediately taken to the film studio. Gorky.
Each of his films is already a legend, a classic: "White Bim Black Ear", "It Was in Penkovo", "The Dawns Here Are Quiet", "On Seven Winds", "We Will Live Until Monday", "May Stars". It would seem that the director in his films shows the life of ordinary people, but the value of his films is that they are relevant today. Moreover, Rostotsky's paintings are very different, contrasting in themes, and still interesting and exciting, they touch the soul.
Since 1968, the director has been shooting one after another "star" pictures, one of which is "We'll Live Until Monday": the story of high school students who entered adulthood and wanted to understand its meaning. Until now, adolescents are looking for an answer to the question: "What is happiness?" The director asks the same question in the film.
The film "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" occupies a special place in his work. Rostotsky dedicated this picture to a nurse who carried him out of the battlefield with a serious wound, and thereby saved his life. This sincere and lively story of female anti-aircraft gunners and their commander will forever be the best example of war cinema.
Another film that has become a classic is the film It Was in Penkovo. The rural theme was close to Rostotsky as a memory of a happy childhood, so the film turned out to be so warm, albeit problematic. It was not accepted by officials from the cinema, but the opinion of the audience many times outweighed this negative, and the film is still loved by viewers of all ages.
Personal life
The first and only wife of Stanislav Rostotsky is actress Nina Menshikova. As people of art, they understood each other. Living with a creative person is not easy, and Nina Evgenievna fully experienced this experience on herself. However, they were considered an exemplary couple and did not wash dirty linen in public.
In 1957, a son, Andrei, was born to Nina and Stanislav. He became an actor, starred in many films, was a talented and courageous person. He performed all the stunts himself, and in 2002 he fell off a cliff on the set and died.
Stanislav Rostotsky passed away in 2001 and was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery.
