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