Bennie the Howl

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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.

Country:

Soviet Union

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

81 minutes

Year:

1926

Director:

Vladimir Vilner

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Company:

VUFKU

Cast:
Matviy Lyarov

Mendel Krik

Yury Shumsky

Benya Krik - Mendel's son

Ivan Zamychkovskyi

Gleczik - the policeman

Sergei Minin

Sobkov - the comissar

Teodor Brainin

Liovka Byk

Crew:
Vladimir Vilner

Director

Isaak Babel

Book

Oleksiy Kalyuzhnyi

Director of Photography

Isaak Babel

Screenplay