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.
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Matvei Lyarov
Mendel Krik
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Yurii Shumskyi
Benya Krik, Mendel's son
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Anna Goricheva
Dvoira, Benya's sister
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Abram Vabnik
Lazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancé
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Mykola Nademskyi
Kolka Pakovskiy
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Mikhail Smolenskiy
Marantz, broker
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Evgeni Lepkovsky
Ruvim Tartakovskiy, owner of 19 bakeries
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Leonid Barbe
Muginstein, Tartakovskiy's clerk
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Taras Tryasylo
Vladimir Vilner Director · Isaak Babel Screenplay Oleksiy Kalyuzhnyi Cinematographer
First release April 28, 1926 · Produced in Russia, Ukraine, Russia · Original title Беня Крик
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VUFKU
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Russia · Ukraine · Russia
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Original title
Беня Крик
Original language
Russian
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No dialogue
Release dates
Russia · April 28, 1926
Theatrical · Kiev (Ukraine)
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