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Bennie the Howl

58% | Apr 28, 1926 | Drama

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.

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Vladimir Vilner
Director
Isaak Babel
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Matviy Lyarov
Mendel Krik
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Yury Shumsky
Benya Krik - Mendel's son
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Ivan Zamychkovskyi
Gleczik - the policeman
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Sergei Minin
Sobkov - the comissar
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Teodor Brainin
Liovka Byk

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