Stanislav Rostotsky; Oscar-Nominated Russian Film Director
Stanislav Rostotsky, 79, a Russian director whose films depicted Soviet life from World War II to the reforms of perestroika, died of heart failure Friday night in the city of Vyborg, Russian news agencies reported.
Rostotsky was in Vyborg for the Saturday opening of an annual film festival, Window on Europe, which he helped organize and participated in as a judge, the reports said.
Born in Rybinsk, Rostotsky was wounded while serving in the Red Army in World War II. After the war he studied at the State Cinematography Institute in Moscow under director Sergei Eisenstein.
One of Rostotsky’s most enduring films was the 1972 “Dawns Here Are Quiet,” about an all-female regiment in World War II. His film “White Bim Black Ear,” centering on a dog’s fate, was nominated for an Oscar in 1978 for best foreign-language film.
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