Bender: The Beginning
| Bender: The Beginning | |
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| Directed by | Igor Zaytsev |
| Written by | Oleg Malovichko |
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| Cinematography | Sergei Trofimov |
| Edited by | Yekaterina Beresnevich |
| Music by | Ryan Otter |
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| Distributed by | Central Partnership |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Box office | ₽50 million |
Bender: The Beginning, also known as Ostap Bender. The Beginning (Russian: Бендер: Начало) is a 2021 Russian action adventure comedy film directed by Igor Zaytsev, a prequel to The Twelve Chairs from the production company Sreda. It stars Sergey Bezrukov as Ibrahim Bender, and Aram Vardevanyan in the role was dedicated to Ostap Bender-Zadunaisky.[1][2]
It is scheduled to be theatrically released on 24 June 2021.[3]
Plot[edit]
The film is set in 1919. A young idealist named Osip ran into a Turkish swindler, Ibrahim Bender, who, like Osip, hunts for a royal relic. Osip learns from Ibrahim flattery, deception, blackmail and brute force, falls in love with a fatal beautiful foreigner and becomes the legendary Ostap Bender.[4]
Cast[edit]
- Sergey Bezrukov as Ibrahim Suleiman Berta-Maria Bender-Bey
- Aram Vardevanyan as Osip "Osya" Zadunaisky (Ostap Bender-Zadunaisky)
- Nikita Kologrivyy as Mishka Yaponchik
- Taisiya Vilkova as Eva Machulskaya, a swindler
- Natalya Bochkareva as Madame Tsits
- Georgy Shtil as Fuks
- Aleksandr Tsekalo as Mark Sokolovich
- Yuliya Rutberg as Madame Sokolovich
- Yuliya Makarova as Sofi Sokolovich
- Olga Sutulova as Osip's mother
- Garik Kharlamov as Valiadis, host cabaret
- Artyom Tkachenko as Staff captain Ametistov, military commandant of Solnechnomorsk
- Aleksandr Ilin as Mendel Vinnitsky, Mishka's father
- Yuri Kolokolnikov as Grigory Kotovsky
- Pavel Derevyanko as Nestor Makhno
- Andrey Levin as Leon Trotsky
- Richard Lappers as Mr. Armand Hammer
Production[edit]
The film was shot by the Sreda company, owned by Aleksandr Tsekalo, and the television channel Russia-1. The film was directed by Igor Zaytsev. Bender: The Beginning is the first part of the series, followed by the films Bender: Gold of the Empire and Bender: The Final Hustle. It is assumed that later on from these pictures a single series about Ostap Bender will be created.
See also[edit]
- Bender: Gold of the Empire – Part 2 (2021 film)
- Bender: The Final Hustle – Part 3 (2021 film)
References[edit]
- ^ "Жезл раздора: Сергей Безруков, Юрий Колокольников и Гарик Харламов в трейлере фильма "Бендер: Начало"" [Rod of discord: Sergey Bezrukov, Yuri Kolokolnikov, and Garik Kharlamov in the trailer for the film Bender: The Beginning]. www.kino-teatr.ru (in Russian). May 24, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ Karev, Igor (May 28, 2021). "Когда злодеи были небольшими. Главные блокбастеры лета-2021" [When the villains were small The main blockbusters of summer 2021]. Arguments and Facts (in Russian). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ Вышел первый трейлер фильма "Бендер: Начало" с Безруковым
- ^ "Бендер: Начало / Bender: The Beginning, 2021". www.kinoafisha.info (in Russian).
