Andrei Rostotsky

Andrei Rostotsky

Born	(1957-01-25)January 25, 1957 Moscow, USSR
Died	May 5, 2002(2002-05-05) (aged 45) Sochi, Russia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–2002

Andrei Stanislavovich Rostotsky (Russian: Андрей Станиславович Ростоцкий, January 25, 1957 – May 5, 2002) was a Soviet Russian film and theatre actor and stunt performer, film director and screenwriter, and also TV host.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Biography

He was son of Stanislav Rostotsky and Nina Menshikova.^[4] He received his training at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography under the direction of Sergei Bondarchuk. 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 - 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 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.^[5]^[6] He is buried in the Vagankovo Cemetery.

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 (Дни Турбиных) as Nikolai Turbin
1980 — Late Emperor of Taiga (Конец императора тайги) as Arkady Petrovich Golikov
1980 — Squadron of Flying Hussars (Эскадрон гусар летучих) as Denis Davydov
1981 — True of Lieutenant Klimov (Правда лейтенанта Климова) as Lieutenant Klimov
1983 — Invincible (Непобедимый) as Andrei Khromov
1984 — 1st Cavalry Army (Первая конная) as Aleksa Dundić
1986 — Breakthrough (Прорыв) as Martynov, head of the mine
1989 — Mother (Мать) as Nicholas II of Russia
1993 — Dreams (Сны) as Nicholas II of Russia
1996 — Whoever Softer (Тот, кто нежнее) as Ramazan
2002 — Drongo (Дронго) as Heron

Awards and honours

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1991) ^[7]

References

^ Интервью Андрея Ростоцкого в Самаре Archived June 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Могила А.С. Ростоцкого на Ваганьковском кладбище". Archived from the original on 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
^ Надежда Пабауская, Марина и Андрей. Яковлева и Ростоцкий
^ Гусарские принципы Андрея Ростоцкого
^ Последние 24 часа Андрея Ростоцкого
^ Андрей Ростоцкий: биография
^ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of 13 May 1991