Benya Krik

Name: Benya Krik
Cast: Matvei Lyarov, Yurii Shumskyi, Anna Goricheva, Abram Vabnik, Mykola Nademskyi

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Vladimir VilnerWriter: Isaak Babel

Matvei Lyarov

as Mendel Krik

Yurii Shumskyi

as Benya Krik, Mendel's son

Anna Goricheva

as Dvoira, Benya's sister

Abram Vabnik

as Lazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancé

Mykola Nademskyi

as Kolka Pakovskiy

Teodor Brainin

as Lyovka Byk

Heorhiy Astafyev

as Abdullah

Aleksandr Sashin

as Savka Butsis

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