Emil (Emmanuel) Veniaminovich Braginsky (, 19 November 1921 – 26 May 1998) was a Soviet/Russian screenwriter and an Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1976) and recipient of

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize () was one of the Soviet Union’s highest civilian honours, awarded from its establishment in September 1966 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. It recognised outstanding contributions in the fields of science, mathem ...

(1977). He appeared as an actor in the 1995 TV film ''Vorovka''.

Biography

Braginsky was born in Moscow on 19 November 1921. In 1953 he graduated from

Kutafin Moscow State Law University Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) () is a Mixed-sex education, coeducational and public university, public research university, research university located in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1931. MSAL was renamed after Oleg Kutafin i ...

Эмиль Брагинский
/ref> As a scriptwriter, he made his debut in the 1955 film ''Squared 45''. From 1963 onward, Braginsky worked in a creative collaboration with

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. Their first joint work was the 1966 comedy film

Beware of the Car ''Beware of the Car'' (, translit. ''Beregis Avtomobilya'', English titles ''Uncommon Thief'', or ''Watch out for the Automobile'') is a 1966 Soviet crime comedy drama film directed by Eldar Ryazanov, based on a screenplay by Emil Braginsky ...

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Filmography

*'' Squared 45'' (1956) *''

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'' (1959) *''

Absolutely Seriously ''Absolutely Seriously'' () is a 1961 Soviet Comedy film, comedy anthology film directed by Eldar Ryazanov, Naum Trakhtenberg, Eduard Zmoiro, Vladimir Semakov and Leonid Gaidai. The best known novella is ''Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross'' which is o ...

'' (1961) (segment ''Istoriya s pirozhkami'') *''

'' (1966) *'' Malenkiy beglets'' (1966) *'' When Rain And Wind Knock At The Window'' (1968) *'' Zigzag udachi'' (1968) *''

Stariki-razboyniki ''Old Robbers'' (, lit. "elderly bandits") is a 1972 Soviet crime comedy-drama by Eldar Ryazanov, filmed on Mosfilm. The movie title resembles the name of a Russian children's traditional yard game ''Cossacks-Robbers'' (). Plot In the twilight o ...

'' (1971) *'' Uchitel peniya'' (1972) *'' Chelovek s drugoy storony'' (1972) *'' Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia'' (1974) *'' Shag navstrechu'' (1975) *''

The Irony of Fate ''The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!'',; usually shortened to ''The Irony of Fate'', is a 1976 Soviet romantic comedy television film directed by Eldar Ryazanov and starring Andrey Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, Yury Yakovlev and Lyubov Dobrzh ...

'' (1975) *''

Office Romance ''Office Romance'' () is a 1977 Soviet comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The film's plot is based on the stageplay ''Co-workers'' (') written by Ryazanov and Emil Braginsky, and tells the story of Ludmila Kalugina, head of a statistical bur ...

'' (1977) *'' Pochti smeshnaya istoriya'' (1977) *'' Suyeta suyet'' (1978) *'' The Garage'' (1979) *''

Station for Two ''Station for Two'' () is a 1983 Soviet romantic comedy directed by Eldar Ryazanov. The film became the List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales, Soviet box office leader of 1983 with a total of 35.8 million ticket sales. It was entered in ...

'' (1982) *'' Nezhdanno-negadanno'' (1983) *'' Poyezdki na starom avtomobile'' (1985) *'' Khochu tebe skazat'' (1985) *'' Artistka iz Gribova'' (1988) *'' Zabytaya melodiya dlya fleyty'' (1988) *'' Lyubov s privilegiyami'' (1989) *'' A vot i ya'' (1993) *'' Vorovka'' (1995) *'' Moskovskiye kanikuly'' (1995) *'' Igra voobrazheniya'' (1995) *''

The Irony of Fate 2 ''The Irony of Fate 2'' or ''The Irony of Fate: Continuation'' is a 2007 Russian romantic comedy film directed by Timur Bekmambetov based on a screenplay by Aleksey Slapovsky produced by Channel One and released by Mosfilm. It is a direct sequel ...

'' (2007)

Plays

*''Sosluzhivtsy'' *''Pochti smeshnaya istoriya'' *''Amoral'naya istoriya'' *''Igra voobrazheniya''

References

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* 1921 births 1998 deaths Writers from Moscow Jewish Russian writers Soviet screenwriters Soviet male screenwriters Russian male screenwriters Soviet dramatists and playwrights Soviet male writers 20th-century Russian male writers Russian male dramatists and playwrights Recipients of the USSR State Prize Recipients of the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery 20th-century Russian screenwriters Kutafin Moscow State Law University alumni {{screen-writer-stub