Benya Krik (1926)
1926 · 1h 21m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Vladimir Vilner
Writers: Isaak Babel
Cinematography: Oleksiy Kalyuzhnyi
Cast
Matvei Lyarov as Mendel KrikYurii Shumskyi as Benya Krik, Mendel's sonAnna Goricheva as Dvoira, Benya's sisterAbram Vabnik as Lazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancéMykola Nademskyi as Kolka PakovskiyTeodor Brainin as Lyovka BykHeorhiy Astafyev as AbdullahAleksandr Sashin as Savka ButsisOsyp Merlatti as Froim GrachMikhail Smolenskiy as Marantz, brokerEvgeni Lepkovsky as Ruvim Tartakovskiy, owner of 19 bakeriesLeonid Barbe as Muginstein, Tartakovskiy's clerkMore like this
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