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Benya Krik

Benya Krik

Vladimir Vilner

1926

  • Drama
5.8

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 & crew

  • Vladimir VilnerDirector
  • Matvei LyarovMendel Krik
  • Yurii ShumskyiBenya Krik, Mendel's son
  • Anna GorichevaDvoira, Benya's sister
  • Abram VabnikLazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancé
  • Mykola NademskyiKolka Pakovskiy
  • Teodor BraininLyovka Byk
  • Heorhiy AstafyevAbdullah
  • Aleksandr SashinSavka Butsis

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