Benya Krik (1926)
5.2
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Apr 28, 1926 (SU)
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Drama
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01:21
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.
Featured Crew
Director
Book, Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Design
Cast
Matviy Lyarov
Mendel Krik
Yury Shumsky
Benya Krik, Mendel's son
Anna Goricheva
Dvoira, Benya's sister
Abram Vabnik
Lazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancé
Mykola Nademskyi
Kolka Pakovskiy
Teodor Brainin
Lyovka Byk
Heorhiy Astafyev
Abdullah
Aleksandr Sashin
Savka Butsis
Osip Merlatti
Froim Grach
Mikhail Smolenskiy
Marantz, broker