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.
Details
- Vladimir Vilner
- April 28, 1926
- Released
- Soviet Union
- VUFKU
- 1h 21m
Where to watch
No known streaming options in United States.
Cast
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Matvei LyarovMendel Krik -
Yurii ShumskyiBenya Krik, Mendel's son -
Anna GorichevaDvoira, Benya's sister
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Abram VabnikLazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancé
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Mykola NademskyiKolka Pakovskiy -
Teodor BraininLyovka Byk
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Heorhiy AstafyevAbdullah
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Aleksandr SashinSavka Butsis
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Osyp MerlattiFroim Grach -
Mikhail SmolenskiyMarantz, broker
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Evgeni LepkovskyRuvim Tartakovskiy, owner of 19 bakeries -
Leonid BarbeMuginstein, Tartakovskiy's clerk
