Efrail Evelevich Drabkin (Efim Sevela) was born in the city of Bobruisk on March 8, 1928. His father, Evel Drabkin, was a career officer and classic wrestling coach. In 1941, when his father was fighting at the front, Yefim with his mother and sister evacuated from Belarus. On the way, during the bombing, he was thrown from the platform of the train by an explosive wave. Until 1943, he wandered, then became the son of a regiment of anti-tank artillery, which reached Germany. Efim has an award –
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Efrail Evelevich Drabkin (Efim Sevela) was born in the city of Bobruisk on March 8, 1928. His father, Evel Drabkin, was a career officer and classic wrestling coach. In 1941, when his father was fighting at the front, Yefim with his mother and sister evacuated from Belarus. On the way, during the bombing, he was thrown from the platform of the train by an explosive wave. Until 1943, he wandered, then became the son of a regiment of anti-tank artillery, which reached Germany. Efim has an award – a medal “For courage”. The future writer and writer graduated from the school after the war, after which he studied at the State University of Belarus, which he graduated in 1948. After completing his studies at BSU, Efim worked for eight years in Vilnius as a journalist, then in 1956 moved to Moscow and began writing scripts.
His first film work was Our Neighbors, made in 1957. According to his script, a comedy was filmed in 1967.
Die Hard A year later – the painting “Yeah to non-combat”. The scripts for these paintings were written under the pseudonym Efraim Sevela.
In 1971, he was part of the group that seized the reception of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The group demanded that Soviet Jews be allowed to travel to Israel. That same year, Sevela emigrated. On his way to Israel, he wrote a book, Legends of Disabled Street, which was praised by critics. Later, Ephraim Sevel wrote several novels, novels, screenplays and stories.
In 1989, in the USSR - CIS, a six-volume book of works by Efraim Sevela and collections of selected works were published. His books have also been published in German, French and English.
As a director, Efraim Sevela made his debut in 1986 in Poland, where he shot the film “Lullaby”, which included several film novels. Sevela returned to the USSR in 1990 as a director. According to his own scripts, he produced several paintings. In 1990, the film “Parrot Speaking Yiddish” was released, in 1992 – “Nocturne of Chopin” and “Noah’s Ark”, and in 1993 – “Charity Ball”.
The first wife of Efraim Sevela was actress Julia Gendelstein. In this marriage, a daughter Mary was born. The second wife is Zoya Osipova, an architect.
Efraim Sevela died in Moscow on August 19, 2010. /