Overview

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

Matvei Lyarov

Mendel Krik

Yurii Shumskyi

Benya Krik, Mendel's son

Mykola Nademskyi

Kolka Pakovskiy

Osyp Merlatti

Froim Grach

Ivan Zamychkovskyi

Gleczik, the policeman

Mykola Kuchynskyi

Sokovich, bailiff

Serhii Minin

Commissar Sobkov

Leonid Chembarsky

Auctioneer / Jury member Tsysin