Andrei Stanislavovich Rostotsky (
Russia
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n: Андрей Станиславович Ростоцкий, January 25, 1957 – May 5, 2002) was a
Soviet
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n film and theatre actor and stunt performer, film director and screenwriter, and also TV host.
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Biography
He was son of Stanislav Rostotsky
Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky (russian: Станислав Иосифович Ростоцкий; 21 April 1922, in Rybinsk – 10 August 2001, in Vyborg) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter, the recipient of the two USSR State Prize ...
and Nina Menshikova
Nina Yevgenyevna Menshikova (russian: Ни́на Евге́ньевна Ме́ньшикова ; 8 August 1928 – 26 December 2007) was a Soviet actress.
She was the wife of Stanislav Rostotsky and the mother of Andrei Rostotsky. Nina Mensh ...
.[Гусарские принципы Андрея Ростоцкого]
/ref> He received his training at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning
''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...
under the direction of Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (russian: Сергей Фёдорович Бондарчук, ; uk, Сергі́й Федорович Бондарчук, Serhíj Fédorovych Bondarchúk; 25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian ...
. He served in the Soviet Army in the Separate Cavalry Regiment (1978-1980). During his service in the army, Rostotsky starred in the film ''A Squadron of Hussars Volatile''. His popularity continues to grow after the role of Anatoly Kharlampiyev - the father of sambo
, aka = Sombo (in English-speaking countries)
, focus = Hybrid
, country = Soviet Union
, pioneers = Viktor Spiridonov, Vasili Oshchepkov, Anatoly Kharlampiev
, famous_pract = List of Practitioners
, oly ...
- in the film ''Invincible'' shot by Yuri Boretsky in the early 1980s. In 1990, Rostotski signs his first film as a director with the adaptation of the novel by James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought h ...
''The Deerslayer, or The First Warpath'' where he also plays the main role.
Rostotsky was killed on May 5, 2002 in a climbing accident next to the Maiden Tears Waterfall where he was looking for the platform for the shooting of his new film ''My Frontier''. He is buried in the Vagankovo Cemetery
Vagankovo Cemetery (russian: Ваганьковское кладбище, Vagan'kovskoye kladbishche), established in 1771, is located in the Presnya district of Moscow. It started in the aftermath of the Moscow plague riot of 1771 outside the cit ...
.
Selected filmography
* 1975 — On the Edge of the World (На край света) as Palchikov
* 1975 — They Fought for Their Country (Они сражались за Родину) as Kochetygov
* 1976 — The Days of the Turbins
''The Days of the Turbins'' (russian: Дни Турбиных, translit=Dni Turbinykh) is a four-act play by Mikhail Bulgakov based upon his novel ''The White Guard''.
It was written in 1925 and premiered on 5 October 1926 in Moscow Art Theatr ...
(Дни Турбиных) as Nikolai Turbin
* 1980 — Late Emperor of Taiga (Конец императора тайги) as Arkady Petrovich Golikov
* 1980 — Squadron of Flying Hussars
''Squadron of Flying Hussars'' (russian: Эскадрон гусар летучих, Eskadron gusar letuchikh) is a 1980 Soviet war film directed by Nikita Khubov and Stanislav Rostotsky.
Plot
Denis Davydov, a poet and hero, a man who became a ...
(Эскадрон гусар летучих) as Denis Davydov
Denis Vasilyevich Davydov ( rus, Дени́с Васи́льевич Давы́дов, p=dʲɪˈnʲis vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ dɐˈvɨdəf, a=Dyenis Vasilyevich Davydov.ru.vorb.oga; – ) was a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who in ...
* 1981 — True of Lieutenant Klimov (Правда лейтенанта Климова) as Lieutenant Klimov
* 1983 — Invincible
Invincible may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Invincible'' (2001 drama film), a drama by Werner Herzog about Jewish cabaret during the rise of Nazism
* ''Invincible'' (2001 TV film), a fantasy / martial arts TV movie starring Billy Zane
...
(Непобедимый) as Andrei Khromov
* 1984 — 1st Cavalry Army __NOTOC__
The 1st Cavalry Army (russian: Первая конная армия, Pervaya konnaya armiya) was a prominent Red Army military formation. It was also known as "Budyonny's Cavalry Army" or simply as ''Konarmia'' (Кона́рмия, "Horse ...
(Первая конная) as Aleksa Dundić
Aleksa Dundić or Oleko Dundich (russian: Олеко Дундич, sr, Алекса Дундић, originally Serbian ''Томо Дундић / Tomo Dundić'') (April 13, 1896 – July 8, 1920) was a Croatian''Мілорад Драгович.' ...
* 1986 — Breakthrough (Прорыв) as Martynov, head of the mine
* 1989 — Mother
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(Мать) as Nicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Pola ...
* 1993 — Dreams
A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around 5 to 20 minutes, althou ...
(Сны) as Nicholas II of Russia
* 1996 — Whoever Softer
''Whoever Softer'' (russian: Тот, кто нежнее, Tot, kto nezhnee) is a feature film director by Abay Karpykov.
Plot
A young man by the name of Danesh is hospitalized with a broken leg. An old man, his roommate at the hospital ward, tel ...
(Тот, кто нежнее) as Ramazan
* 2002 — Drongo
The drongos are a family, Dicruridae, of passerine birds of the Old World tropics. The 30 species in the family are placed in a single genus, ''Dicrurus''.
Drongos are mostly black or dark grey, short-legged birds, with an upright stance when ...
(Дронго) as Heron
Awards and honours
* Honored Artist of the RSFSR
Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...
(1991) [Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of 13 May 1991]
References
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1957 births
2002 deaths
Russian male actors
Soviet male actors
Soviet film directors
Russian film directors
Male screenwriters
Honored Artists of the RSFSR
Recipients of the Lenin Komsomol Prize
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni
Deaths from falls
Male actors from Moscow
Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery
Filmed deaths of entertainers
20th-century Russian screenwriters
20th-century Russian male writers
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