Benya Krik
Benya Krik

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Benya Krik

5.2(5 votes)
1926
1h 21m
Drama

Overview

The seamy Jewish underworld of Odesa is the setting for Isaac Babel's story based on the life of gangster king Mishka Yaponchik "Mike the Jap" Vinnitsky. Murder is a way of life for Benya and his gang until he finds himself ensnared in a Bolshevik trap.

Cast

Matviy Lyarov

Matviy Lyarov

Mendel Krik

Yurii Shumskyi

Benya Krik, Mendel's son

Anna Goricheva

Dvoira, Benya's sister

Abram Vabnik

Lazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancé

Mykola Nademskyi

Mykola Nademskyi

Kolka Pakovskiy

Teodor Brainin

Lyovka Byk

Heorhiy Astafyev

Abdullah

Aleksandr Sashin

Savka Butsis

Osyp Merlatti

Froim Grach

Mikhail Smolenskiy

Marantz, broker

Directed by

Vladimir Vilner

Written by

Isaak Babel

Isaak Babel

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