Stanislav Rostotsky - creator of cult films, one of the famous directors of the Soviet era. His paintings are still shown in schools so that students have an idea of the heroic feat 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 passed in the village. Stanislav was an ordinary boy: he was proud of the feat of Chkalov, Chelyusky, polar explorers. Unless I read a lot and often went to the cinema.
Once a boy got on a screen test of the film "Bezhin Meadow", and saw the famous director Eisenstein there. Stanislav dreamed of becoming his student and asked about it, but Eisenstein said that he needed to learn a little, because the director must know a lot, read a lot and understand the literature.
This dialogue influenced the choice of educational institution - after school Rostotsky enters the Institute of Philosophy and Literature. He is busy a lot to know more and is going to enter VGIK.
But in 1941 the war began, and, recognized as unsuitable for military operations, Rostotsky still fled to the front. In 1944 he was seriously injured, his leg was amputated. For him, the war ended when our troops were in Prague.
Director's career
After the war, Stanislav nevertheless entered the VGIK and studied there for seven years, because he helped the director Kozintsev in the filming of films. He received a diploma in 1952, and even then was considered an accomplished director. Therefore, Rostotsky immediately took to the film studio to them. Gorky.
Each of his films is already a legend, a classic: “White Bim Black Ear”, “It Was Penkov, ” “Dawns Here Are Quiet, ” “On the Seven Winds, ” “Let's 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, the paintings of Rostotsky are very different, contrasting in themes, and still interesting and exciting, they touch the soul.
Since 1968, the director has been shooting “star” pictures one after another, one of which is “Let's Live Until Monday”: the story of high school students who entered adulthood and wanted to understand its meaning. Until now, teens are looking for the answer to the question: "What is happiness?". The director asks the same question in the film.
A special place in his work is the film "And the Dawns Here Are Quiet". Rostotsky dedicated this picture to a nurse, who carried him out of the battlefield with a severe wound, and thereby saved his life. This sincere and lively story of girls anti-aircraft gunners and their commander will forever be the best example of war cinema.
Another film that has become a classic is the painting "It Was in Penkov." 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 outweighed this negative many times, and the film is still loved by viewers of all ages.
