Benya Krik

(1926)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1926

Runtime: 105 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Vladimir Vilner

Cast: Матвей Ляров, Юрий Шумский, Anna Goricheva, Абрам Вабник, Николай Надемский, Teodor Brainin, Heorhiy Astafyev, Александр Сашин, Осип Мерлатти, Mikhail Smolenskiy

Plot

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.