# Vayner Brothers

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The '''Vayner Brothers''' ({{langx|ru|Братья Вайнеры}}<ref>''Note:'' "Вайнер" is the Russian-language transcription of the surname [Weiner](/source/Weiner_(surname)).</ref>), {{Interlanguage link multi|Arkady Vayner|ru|3=Вайнер, Аркадий Александрович}} (1931-2005) and {{Interlanguage link multi|Georgy Vayner|ru|3=Вайнер, Георгий Александрович}}) (1938-2009), were popular [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union) [mystery fiction](/source/mystery_fiction) writers of [Russian Jewish](/source/Russian_Jews) descent. Together they authored some 150 books and 22 [screenplay](/source/screenplay)s.<ref>[http://www.newsru.co.il/rest/14jun2009/vainer702.html "Он мечтал написать "Полет пингвина". Русский писатель Георгий Вайнер похоронен в США] ("He Dreamed to Write ''Penguin's Flight''". Russian Writer Georgy Vayner Is Buried in the USA) (retrieved October 27, 2016)</ref><ref>{{IMDb name|0883261|Arkadiy Vayner}}</ref><ref>{{IMDb name|0883265|Georgiy Vayner}}</ref>

Both have been awarded with the [Order of the Badge of Honour](/source/Order_of_the_Badge_of_Honour) (March 1988) and they individually have other awards.

== Novels ==
* ''Clock For Mr. Kelly'' (''Часы для мистера Келли'', 1967)
* ''I, the Investigator...'' (''Я, следователь…'', 1968)
* ''Walking By Touch At Noon'' or ''The Right to Walk on the Earth'' (''Ощупью в полдень'' or ''Право ходить по земле'', 1969)
* ''Two Among the People'' (''Двое среди людей'', 1969)
* ''Vertical Race'' (''Гонки по вертикали'', 1971)
* ''Visit to Minotaur'' (''Визит к Минотавру'', 1972)
* ''Age of Mercy'' (''Эра милосердия'', 1976)
* ''Medicine Against Fear'' (''Лекарство для Несмеяны'' or ''Лекарство против страха'', 1978)
* ''I'm On Duty in the City'' (''Город принял!'', 1978)
* ''The Victims Have No Claims'' or ''Drive Around of Downed Cats And Dogs On the Road'' (''Потерпевшие претензий не имеют'' or ''Объезжайте на дорогах сбитых кошек и собак'', 1986)

== Filmography (screenplays) ==
* ''[I, the Investigator...](/source/I%2C_the_Investigator..._(film))'' (1971)
* ''[Night Visit](/source/Night_Visit_(film))'' (''Ночной визит'', 1974, first adaptation of ''Visit to Minotaur'')
* ''[Poverty Certificate](/source/Poverty_Certificate_(film))'' (''Свидетельство о бедности'', 1977, adaptation of ''Clock For Mr. Kelly'')
* ''[Medicine Against Fear](/source/Medicine_Against_Fear_(film))'' (1978)
* ''[The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed](/source/The_Meeting_Place_Cannot_Be_Changed)'' (''Место встречи изменить нельзя'', 1979, adaptation of ''Age of Mercy'')
* ''[I'm On Duty in the City](/source/I'm_On_Duty_in_the_City_(film))'' (1979)
* ''[Vertical Race](/source/Vertical_Race_(film))'' (1983)
* ''[The Victims Have No Claims](/source/The_Victims_Have_No_Claims)'' (1986)
* ''[Visit to Minotaur](/source/Visit_to_Minotaur_(film))'' (1987)
* ''[Entrance to the Labyrinth](/source/Entrance_to_the_Labyrinth)'' (''Вход в лабиринт'', 1989, second adaptation of ''Medicine Against Fear'')

==See also==
* ''[Satan](/source/Satan_(1991_film))'', a 1991 film based on the novel ''Nonhuman'' by Arkadi Vayner, but the director failed to reach an agreement with Vayners, and he wrote a new screenplay loosely based on the central idea of Vayners' novel

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