Benya Krik

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.

Cast

Matviy Lyarov

Mendel Krik

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Yurii Shumskyi

Benya Krik, Mendel's son

A

Anna Goricheva

Dvoira, Benya's sister

A

Abram Vabnik

Lazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancé