Benya Krik

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.

Director: Vladimir Vilner

Cast: Matvei Lyarov, Yurii Shumskyi, Anna Goricheva, Abram Vabnik, Mykola Nademskyi, Teodor Brainin, Heorhiy Astafyev, Aleksandr Sashin

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.