Bennie the Howl (1926)
1h 21m
Running Time
April 28, 1926Release Date
Bennie the Howl (1926)
1h 21m
Running Time
April 28, 1926Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Yury Shumsky
Benya Krik - Mendel's son
Matviy Lyarov
Mendel Krik
Ivan Zamychkovskyi
Gleczik - the policeman
M.D. Gorecheva
Dvoyra - Benya's sister
A. Vabnik
Lazar - Dvoyra's groom
A. Sashin
Savka
Vladimir Vilner
Director
Evgeni Lepkovsky
Tartakovski
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Wiki.
Benya Krik (Russian: Беня Крик, romanized: Benya Krik) is a 1927 Soviet silent film directed by Vladimir Vilner and starring Yuri Shumsky 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.