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. Biography He was son of Stanislav Rostotsky and Nina Menshikova. 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. 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) References External links 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