Bennie the Howl

Vladimir Vilner
1926-04-28


5.2
81 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Matviy Lyarov Mendel Krik Unowned
Yury Shumsky Benya Krik - Mendel's son Unowned
Ivan Zamychkovskyi Gleczik - the policeman Unowned
Sergei Minin Sobkov - the comissar Unowned
Teodor Brainin Liovka Byk Unowned
A. Sashin Savka Unowned
Evgeni Lepkovsky Tartakovski Unowned
Leonid Barbe Muginstein - Tartakovski's clerk Unowned
Heorhiy Astafyev Unowned
Anastasiya Kozhevnikova Unowned
Mykola Nademskyi Kol'ka Pakovski Unowned