Benya Krik

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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.

Country:

Soviet Union

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

81 minutes

Year:

1926

Director:

Vladimir Vilner

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Company:

VUFKU

Cast:
Matviy Lyarov

Mendel Krik

Yurii Shumskyi

Benya Krik, Mendel's son

Anna Goricheva

Dvoira, Benya's sister

Abram Vabnik

Lazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancé

Mykola Nademskyi

Kolka Pakovskiy

Crew:
Vladimir Vilner

Director

Isaak Babel

Book

Isaak Babel

Screenplay

Oleksiy Kalyuzhnyi

Director of Photography

Heinrich Beisenherz

Production Design