Bennie the Howl
1926The 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.
Acted in
Matviy Lyarov
as Mendel Krik
Yury Shumsky
as Benya Krik - Mendel's son
Ivan Zamychkovskyi
as Gleczik - the policeman
Sergei Minin
as Sobkov - the comissar
Teodor Brainin
as Liovka Byk
A. Sashin
as Savka
Evgeni Lepkovsky
as Tartakovski
Leonid Barbe
as Muginstein - Tartakovski's clerk
Heorhiy Astafyev
Anastasiya Kozhevnikova
Mykola Nademskyi
as Kol'ka Pakovski