Dostal Nikolai Nikolaevich is a multifaceted personality: he is both an actor, and a screenwriter, and a director in one guise. Soviet and Russian cinema activist is a winner of many film festivals and prestigious awards. What popular films did the director make? And what is remarkable about his biography?
Dostal Nikolay Nikolaevich: photo, life story
Nikolai Nikolaevich Dostal was born in May 1946. He is the native Muscovite and the son of Nikolai Dostal Sr. (a famous Soviet director).
In the veins of Nikolai Nikolayevich flows Russian, Czech and Persian blood. The mother of the future director died a few months after his birth. Dostal Sr. remarried to the hereditary princess Natalia Iskander.
Unfortunately, Dostal Jr. lost his father at the age of 13: he died on the set of his own film âEverything Starts on the Roadâ. In this tape, Natalya Krachkovskaya and Alexander Demyanenko began their careers. After the death of Dostal Sr., the film was finished by his friend Villen Azarov. Natalia Iskander was in charge of the minor sons of the Soviet director - Vladimir Dostal and Dostal Nikolai Nikolaevich.
The biography of the latter could well have turned out differently and at the same time not have any relation to the film industry. The fact is that in the 70s, Dostal Jr. planned to connect his life with the media sphere, so he entered the Moscow State University for a journalism course. But then Nikolai nevertheless decided to continue his fatherâs business and re-qualified as a screenwriter and director, having graduated from the corresponding courses at the Mosfilm film concern.
The first film was released by a novice director in 1981. It was called "Cooling and snow are expected." The main role in the film was played by Andrey Myagkov.
Dostal Nikolai Nikolaevich: filmography
In the filmography of the director, there are more than 20 films. And every film is like a child to him. Itâs impossible to name and highlight any of them, Nikolai Dostal believes.
Cloud Paradise
The first serious work of Dostal Jr. is the painting âCloud-Paradiseâ, which was shot in 1990 at the Mosfilm film studio.
Dostal Nikolai Nikolaevich this time commissioned the script writing to George Nikolaev, who also worked on screenplay for the paintings âThe Art of Living in Odessaâ and âThe Musketeers Twenty Years Laterâ.
The plot of the tragicomedy Cloud-Paradise revolves around Kolka's loafer, who one day decided to get attention out of boredom and told his neighbors that he was going to conquer the Far East. The news of the heroic deed of Nicholas quickly spread throughout the small town. For the first time, Kolya was so popular. The young man enthusiastically played his part until it came to the point that the neighbors forced the poor fellow to sell all the furniture, quit his job and put him on the bus. Thatâs how bragging ended for the main character of the film.
In the cast of the project you can see such stars as Sergey Batalov (Shirley-Myrli), Irina Rozanova (Furtseva) and Lev Borisov (Dragon Syndrome).
"Citizen Chief"
In the 90s, Dostal Nikolai Nikolayevich continued to make films, but these were paintings of very dubious artistic value. In the 2000s, the director switched to the most popular genre of the series then, as a result, the detective "Citizen Chief" appeared.
The serial film was broadcast on TV-6; 3 seasons were filmed.
The main roles in the project went to Yuri Stepanov (âShtrafbatâ) and Yegor Beroev (âTurkish Gambitâ).
The plot of the whole action is straightforward: one principal investigator is trying to confront an entire criminal structure that has enveloped the regional city center. The main character has a few assistants. And yet he manages to bypass all the dangers and achieve his goal.
"Stylet"
In 2002, Dostal Nikolai Nikolaevich began work on the series "Stiletto". And again, before us is the story of a superhero - a former intelligence officer who is involved in a criminal showdown.
Ignat Voronov leaves the FSB to get a security guard in a private company. However, after a few days, his boss was killed and his wife was kidnapped after some time. Ignat can not stay away from what is happening, so he begins a personal investigation of all these incidents.
The main role in the series went to Dmitry Shcherbina, who is known to the viewer for the films âYoung Lady Peasantâ and âTwo Fatesâ. The role of the boss Ignat Voronov was played by Daria Dostal (âGorynych and Victoriaâ). Also in the frame you can see Alexander Dyachenko (âTestament marriageâ), Yuri Stepanov (âTo Paris!â), Sergey Gorobchenko (âBoomerâ) and Yuri Duvanov (âPalmist-2â).
"Shtrafbat"
Dostal Nikolai Nikolaevich - director of another famous series. We are talking about the serial film "Shtrafbat". The premiere of "Shtrafbat" took place in 2004. The script for the film was written by Eduard Volodarsky, who subsequently worked on screenplay for the projects "Trickster" and "Grigory R." The film was produced by Vladimir Dostal, the directorâs brother.
The film takes place at the beginning of World War II. For the most dirty work, penal companies, that is, criminals and convicts, were sent to the front line, in the thick of it. But since in the 30s. in the USSR indiscriminately sent everyone to the camps, then not only the scum of society, but also the hereditary military, intellectuals, writers and even artists were among the fines. The picture tells of how, with their blood and bones, they also paved the way for victory.
The main roles in the series were given to Alexei Serebryakov (âFartsaâ), Yuri Stepanov (âCitizen Chiefâ) and Alexander Bashirov (âMaster and Margaritaâ). In addition, Maxim Drozd (âLiquidationâ), Roman Madyanov (âLeviathanâ) and Alexei Zharkov (âChildren of Mondayâ) were involved in the frame.
Awards
Nikolai Dostal - People's Artist of Russia. In 1991, he won the Locarno Film Festival and received the Silver Leopard for the film Cloud of Paradise . Also in his piggy bank - the prestigious awards "Nika", "Golden Eagle" and "TEFI", the award "Golden St. George . " And also the recognition and the boundless love of the viewer.