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Benya Krik

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Benya Krik

5.2

1h 21m

1926

Synopsis

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

Drama

Cast & Crew

Matviy Lyarov

Matviy Lyarov

as Mendel Krik

Yurii Shumskyi

as Benya Krik, Mendel's son

Anna Goricheva

as Dvoira, Benya's sister

Abram Vabnik

as Lazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancé

Mykola Nademskyi

Mykola Nademskyi

as Kolka Pakovskiy

Teodor Brainin

as Lyovka Byk

Heorhiy Astafyev

as Abdullah

Aleksandr Sashin

as Savka Butsis

Osyp Merlatti

as Froim Grach

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