Biography
Efim Drabkin (Russian: Ефим Евелевич Драбкин), better known by his pen name Efraim Sevela (Russian: Эфраим Севела, Hebrew: אפרים סבלה) (8 March 1928, Babruysk, Belarus – 18 August 2010, Moscow) was a Soviet writer, screenwriter, director, producer, who after his emigration from the Soviet Union lived in Israel, US and Russia.
Efraim Sevela was born to Jewish parents. His father was an officer. During World War 2, him and his family were evacuated from the frontline in 1941. After finishing school Sevela was admitted into the Belarusian State University and became a screenwriter for many Soviet patriotic films. At the end of the 1960s, Sevela joined the Jewish Soviet dissidents and took part in the capture of the main office of the head of the Soviet government in 1971. Sevela was expatriated to Israel.
Filmography
all 11
Movies 11
Writer 6
Director 5
Blagotvoritelnyy bal (1993)
Nocturne of Chopin (1992)
The Parrot Speaking Yiddish (1990)
Kolysanka (1986)
Fit for Non-Combatant (1968)
Krepkiy Oreshek (1968)
Moonlit Nights (1967)
No Unknown Soldiers (1965)
Annushka (1959)
Наши соседи (1957)
Until It's Too Late... (1957)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1928-03-08
Deathday2010-08-18 (82 years old)
Birth NameЕфим Евелевич Драбкин
Birth PlaceBabruysk, Belarus
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Also Known AsEphraim Sevela, Эфраим Севела
AwardsMedal "For Courage"
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