Movie, 1926
Benya Krik
IMDb 5.8, 81 min, Drama, Soviet Union
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.
Cast
20 credited
Matvei Lyarov
Mendel Krik
Yurii Shumskyi
Benya Krik, Mendel's son
AG
Anna Goricheva
Dvoira, Benya's sister
AV
Abram Vabnik
Lazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancé
Mykola Nademskyi
Kolka Pakovskiy
TB
Teodor Brainin
Lyovka Byk
HA
Heorhiy Astafyev
Abdullah
AS
Aleksandr Sashin
Savka Butsis
Osyp Merlatti
Froim Grach
MS
Mikhail Smolenskiy
Marantz, broker
Evgeni Lepkovsky
Ruvim Tartakovskiy, owner of 19 bakeries
LB
Leonid Barbe
Muginstein, Tartakovskiy's clerk
Details
DirectorVladimir Vilner
WritersIsaak Babel
GenreDrama
Runtime81 min
ReleasedWed, Apr 28, 1926
CountrySoviet Union
IMDBtt0182781
