Drama · Soviet Union · 1926 · 1h 21m

Benya Krik

Беня Крик

Director

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 Teodor Brainin as Lyovka Byk

Crew

Oleksiy Kalyuzhnyi — Director of Photography Isaak Babel — Screenplay Heinrich Beisenherz — Production Design

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

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

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