Bennie the Howl
19261h 21min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
April 28, 1926
Runtime
1h 21min
Director
Genre
Language
Russian
Production
VUFKU
Cast
Matviy Lyarov
Mendel Krik
Yury Shumsky
Benya Krik - Mendel's son
Ivan Zamychkovskyi
Gleczik - the policeman
Sergei Minin
Sobkov - the comissar
Teodor Brainin
Liovka Byk
A. Sashin
Savka
Evgeni Lepkovsky
Tartakovski
Leonid Barbe
Muginstein - Tartakovski's clerk
Heorhiy Astafyev
Anastasiya Kozhevnikova
Mykola Nademskyi
Kol'ka Pakovski
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