Benya Krik (1926)
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.
Cast
Matvei Lyarov
Mendel Krik
Yurii Shumskyi
Benya Krik, Mendel's son
Mykola Nademskyi
Kolka Pakovskiy
Osyp Merlatti
Froim Grach
Evgeni Lepkovsky
Ruvim Tartakovskiy, owner of 19 bakeries
Anastasiya Kozhevnikova
Gypsy flower woman
Ivan Zamychkovskyi
Gleczik, the policeman
Mykola Kuchynskyi
Sokovich, bailiff
Serhii Minin
Commissar Sobkov
Leonid Chembarsky
Auctioneer / Jury member Tsysin
