Bennie the Howl

1926 · Movie · 81 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Bennie the Howl
Drama Silent Film

The seamy Jewish underworld of Odessa 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.

Direction Vladimir Vilner

Cast Matvei Lyarov · Yuri Shumsky · Nikolai Nademsky · Ivan Zamychkovsky · Sergei Minin · Anna Goricheva · Abram Vabnik · Teodor Brainin · Georgi Astafyev · M. Smolensky · Evgeniy Lepkovsky · A. Sashin · Osip Merlatti · Anastasiya Kozhevnikova · Ivan Sizov · Leonid Barbe

Screenplay Isaak Babel

Cinematography Aleksei Kalyuzhny

Original title Benya Krik

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Not rated (FilmAffinity)

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