''Benya Krik'' (russian: Беня Крик, Benya Krik) is a 1927 Soviet

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directed by and starring as

Benya Krik Benya Krik (russian: Беня Крик) is a fictional character from '' The Odesa Tales'', a collection of short stories by Isaac Babel, the derived works and "fan fiction". These stories primarily deal with the Jewish underworld of Moldavanka, ...

. Benya Krik is a fictional character in

Isaac Babel Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel (russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель, p=ˈbabʲɪlʲ; – 27 January 1940) was a Russian writer, journalist, playwright, and literary translator. He is best known as the author of ''Red Cavalry'' ...

's cycle of short stories, ''

Odessa Stories ''Odessa Stories'' (russian: Одесские рассказы, Odesskiye rasskazy), also known as ''Tales of Odessa'', is a collection of four short stories by Isaac Babel, set in Odessa in the last days of the Russian empire and the Russian Revo ...

''. He is a Jewish Russian

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, 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

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."Benya Krik"

Cast

* Matvey Lyarov as Mendel Krik *

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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

External links

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