Directing

Rostislav Goryayev

Born — Died

1934-01-26 — 2007-02-23

Place of birth

Latvia

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Родился в Риге 26 января 1934 года. Учился У Леонида Сергеевича Вивьена на режиссёрском факультете Ленинградского театрального института им. А.Н. Островского, который окончил в 1958 году. После дипломного спектакля в Драматическом театре Комсомольска-на-Амуре, работал в Лиепае: в Театре Балтийского флота (1959 - 1960) и в Риге: Рижском ТЮЗе и в Рижском театре русской драмы. С 1959 года режиссёр Рижской киностудии — кинодокументалист, снимал сюжеты для киножурналов: «Фитиль», «Советская Латвия» и «Максла». После дебюта с короткометражным фильмом «На трассе» (1964), снимает первую полнометражную картину «Ноктюрн» о интернационалистах времён испанской гражданской войны, исполненную хемингуэевск…

Known for

Ceplis poster
4.2

Latvia in the 1920s. The enterprising Edgars Ceplis establishes a company to produce bricks from Latvian clay for export. Many are involved in his project, hoping for the huge profits the venture promises. Ceplis soon becomes infatuated with his office typist Austra Zīle and starts neglecting the business...

Ceplis

1972

Touch poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Touch

1974

No artwork available
NR

Tikhov, a lecturer, arrives from the city along a rain-washed road to a construction site. To beat the rain, he stops at a house where a young woman and her child live. The awkwardness of the unexpected guest quickly passes, and Lyuba tries to persuade him not to go to the club, which is surely empty due to the bad weather. But Tikhov leaves, confident that they are waiting for him...

On the Highway

1964

Nocturne poster
8.0

End of the Spanish Civil War. Republicans retreat across the Pyrenees to France. A Latvian soldier, Zorzs, and a French nurse, Iveta, accidentally meet.

Nocturne

1966

No artwork available
NR

When a prominent journalist, Jorgensen, is murdered, a West German newspaper assigns its leading reporter, Lobenstein, to investigate the case. As he follows the trail left by his dead colleague, Lobenstein discovers that the murder is closely connected to the subject of Jorgensen’s final journalistic investigation. Determined to uncover the truth, he finds himself drawn into a dangerous mystery where the story may be far more consequential than it first appeared.

Last Reportage

1986

24-25 Doesn't Come Back poster
6.5

In the experimental clinic, a batch of valuable drug was stolen. Major Grigast suspects that someone from the clinic is involved in this. He entrusts this complex matter to a young investigator Mara. An investigation leads her to a distant border town in the south of the country, where the offender intended to ship the drug abroad.

24-25 Doesn't Come Back

1969

Film credits

Behind the camera