Benya Krik
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
Osyp Merlatti
Froim Grach
Leonid Chembarsky
Auctioneer / Jury member Tsysin
Mykola Nademskyi
Kolka Pakovskiy
Anastasiya Kozhevnikova
Gypsy flower woman
Ivan Zamychkovskyi
Gleczik, the policeman
Serhii Minin
Commissar Sobkov
Matvei Lyarov
Mendel Krik
Mykola Kuchynskyi
Sokovich, bailiff
Yurii Shumskyi
Benya Krik, Mendel's son