Benya Krik
Release Date: 1926-04-28
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.
Rating: 5.2 / 10
Cast
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
as Kolka Pakovskiy
Crew
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Vladimir Vilner - Director
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Isaak Babel - Book
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Oleksiy Kalyuzhnyi - Director of Photography
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Isaak Babel - Screenplay
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Heinrich Beisenherz - Production Design
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