Benya Krik

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.

Release date

Apr 28, 1926

Rating

5.2 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 21 minutes

Genres

Drama

Cast

Matviy Lyarov
As Mendel Krik
Yurii Shumskyi
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As Benya Krik, Mendel's son
Anna Goricheva
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As Dvoira, Benya's sister
Abram Vabnik
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As Lazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancé
Mykola Nademskyi
As Kolka Pakovskiy
Teodor Brainin
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As Lyovka Byk
Heorhiy Astafyev
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As Abdullah
Aleksandr Sashin
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As Savka Butsis
Osyp Merlatti
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As Froim Grach
Mikhail Smolenskiy
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As Marantz, broker
Evgeni Lepkovsky
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As Ruvim Tartakovskiy, owner of 19 bakeries
Leonid Barbe
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As Muginstein, Tartakovskiy's clerk
Anastasiya Kozhevnikova
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As Gypsy flower woman
Ivan Zamychkovskyi
As Gleczik, the policeman
Mykola Kuchynskyi
As Sokovich, bailiff
Serhii Minin
As Commissar Sobkov
Ivan Sizov
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As Kochetkov, Sobkov's assistant
Leonid Chembarsky
As Auctioneer / Jury member Tsysin
Lyubov Gakkebush
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As (uncredited)
Saksaganskaya
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As Bailiff's mother (uncredited)

Crew

Vladimir Vilner
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Role: Director
Isaak Babel
Role: Book
Isaak Babel
Role: Screenplay
Oleksiy Kalyuzhnyi
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Role: Director of Photography
Heinrich Beisenherz
Role: Production Design