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'Benya Krik' is a 1927 Soviet silent film directed by and starring as Benya Krik.

Benya Krik is a fictional character in Isaac Babel's cycle of short stories, 'Odessa Stories'. He is a Jewish Russian gangster, and he and his gang of thugs are the main focus of the stories.

The film was based on a screenplay written by Babel in 1926, in which he adapted parts of his short stories "The King" and "How It Was Done in Odessa", in addition to creating new content.

The film was restored and supplied with English subtitles by the National Center for Jewish Film.[https://jewishfilm.org/Catalogue/films/benyakrik.htm "Benya Krik"], National Center for Jewish Film

Cast



* Matvey Lyarov as Mendel Krik

* Yuri Shumsky as Benya Krik - Mendel's son

* Nikolai Nademsky as Kolka Pakovski

* Ivan Zamychkovsky as Gleczik - the policeman

* Sergei Minin as Sobkov - the commissar

* A. Goricheva

* A. Vabnik

* Teodor Brainin

* Georgi Astafyev

* A. Sashin as Savka

References




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