Ostap Bender. The Beginning
2021Russian Empire, 1919. By a twist of fate, young idealist Osip Zadunaisky meets an infamous con artist and self-proclaimed Turkish subject Ibrahim Bender. A man of pure thought and aristocratic upbringing, Osip would never have associated with a cunning and unscrupulous swindler, but Bender comes up with an offer Osip cannot refuse. A precious royal relic, a diamond-encrusted golden scepter is hidden somewhere in town; Bender needs a partner on his mission to find it, and offers Osip a share of the profit from selling the treasure. And so begins their joint venture, wrought with comical and dangerous twists and turns, where they have to outsmart and outmaneuver officers of the White Guard as well as the local mafia, who also have their eyes on the scepter. As their quest unfolds, Osip is compelled to learn Bender’s tricks of the trade: charming flattery, delicate deception, soft intimidation... as well as brute force.
Acted in
Sergei Bezrukov
as Ibrahim Suleiman Berta-Maria Bender-bay
Aram Vardevanyan
as Ostap Zadunayskiy
Nikita Kologrivyy
as Mishka Yaponchik
Taisiya Vilkova
as Eva Mahulskaya - swindler
Aleksandr Tsekalo
as Mark Sokolovich
Yuliya Rutberg
as madam Sokolovich
Olga Sutulova
as Bender's mother
Yuri Kolokolnikov
as Grigoriy Kotovskiy
Pavel Derevyanko
as Nestor Mahno
Igor Kharlamov
as Valiadis - host cabaret
Pavel Maykov
Artyom Tkachenko
as Ametistov - staff captain
Aleksandr Ilin
as Mendel Vinnitskiy - Mishka's father
Yuliya Makarova
as Sofi Sokolovich
Viktor Tsekalo
as Funt
Elena Lazareva
Valeriy Li
as chinese
Mikhail Sakulin
as Kornilov's messenger
Yuriy Utkin
as Administrator
Andrey Pankov
as Waiter
Dmitriy Penkov
Vera Kryukova
Igor Klyuchnikov
as Zyama Raevskiy
Vladimir Matveev
as Captain of the ship
Oleg Chugunov
as Grach - street child
Oksana Bazilevich
as Isupova - baroness
Mikhail Shelomentsev
Natalya Bochkareva
as madam Tsits
Georgiy Shtil
as Fuks
Aleksey Dmitriev
as partner of Makhulskaya - swindler - «Baron»
Rihards Lepers
as Mr. Hammett
Eduard Orlov
Vera Brezhneva
as Robber
Aleksandr Petrov
as Karl Stolz
Aleksandr Kakuev
as Funeral guest
Igor Goldobin
as Kornilovets
Denis Shlenkov
as bandit Mendelya
Aleksandr Lapshov
Garik Ayvazov
as Isa
Maxim Khanzhov
as Feodosiy Shchus
Vladislav Shkerin
as Gorets
Yuriy Petrov
Vitaliy Shabalovskiy
Vitaly Kopnin
as Makhnovets
Artyom Drachyov
as Street child
Ilya Semyonov
as prisoner of Makhno
Maksimilian Grigoriyev
as Vladek
Artur Musikhin
Pavel Elpashev
as Nadziratel
Sergey Danilchuk
as Plennyy
Vladimir Lysenko
as Makhnovets
Egor Kelli
as Matros
Timofey Okulov
as Porter
Kristina Kulishenko
Aleksandr Aleynov
Roberto Fleites
as bandit Mendelya
Ivan Kaminskiy
as Matros
Dmitriy Pereponov
as Port worker
Lyudmila Grigorash
as Washerwoman
Kseniya Patsinskaya
as Misha Yaponchik's girlfriend
Tatyana Andriyanova
Dmitry Golovanov
