Benya Krik (1926)

  • NR
  • 04/28/1926 (SU)
  • Drama
  • 1h 21m

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.

Vladimir Vilner

Director

Isaak Babel

Screenplay

Cast

Matviy Lyarov's headshot

Matviy Lyarov

Mendel Krik
Yurii Shumskyi's headshot

Yurii Shumskyi

Benya Krik, Mendel's son
Anna Goricheva's headshot

Anna Goricheva

Dvoira, Benya's sister
Abram Vabnik's headshot

Abram Vabnik

Lazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancé
Mykola Nademskyi's headshot

Mykola Nademskyi

Kolka Pakovskiy
Teodor Brainin's headshot

Teodor Brainin

Lyovka Byk
Heorhiy Astafyev's headshot

Heorhiy Astafyev

Abdullah
Aleksandr Sashin's headshot

Aleksandr Sashin

Savka Butsis

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