Benya Krik (film)

Benya Krik
Benya Krik
Directed by	Vladimir Vilner [ru]
Screenplay by	Isaak Babel
Based on	Odessa Stories
Release date	1927;
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Benya Krik (Russian: Беня Крик, romanized: Benya Krik) is a 1927 Soviet silent film directed by Vladimir Vilner [ru]^[1]^[2]^[3] and starring Yuri Shumsky [ru] as Benya Krik.

Benya Krik is a fictional character in Isaac Babel's cycle of short stories, Odessa Stories. He is a Jewish Russian gangster, and he and his gang of thugs are the main focus of the stories.

The film was based on a screenplay written by Babel in 1926, in which he adapted parts of his short stories "The King" and "How It Was Done in Odessa", in addition to creating new content.

The film was restored and supplied with English subtitles by the National Center for Jewish Film.^[4]

Cast[edit]

Matvey Lyarov as Mendel Krik
Yuri Shumsky as Benya Krik - Mendel's son
Nikolai Nademsky as Kolka Pakovski
Ivan Zamychkovsky as Gleczik - the policeman
Sergei Minin as Sobkov - the commissar
A. Goricheva
A. Vabnik
Teodor Brainin
Georgi Astafyev
A. Sashin as Savka

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Christie, Ian; Taylor, Professor Richard; Taylor, Richard (19 August 2005). Inside the Film Factory: New Approaches to Russian and Soviet Cinema. Routledge. pp. 145–. ISBN 9781134944330. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 230.
^ "Беня Крик. Х/ф". Russia-K.
^ "Benya Krik", National Center for Jewish Film

External links[edit]

Benya Krik at IMDb

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[ChristieTaylor2005-1] Christie, Ian; Taylor, Professor Richard; Taylor, Richard (19 August 2005). Inside the Film Factory: New Approaches to Russian and Soviet Cinema. Routledge. pp. 145–. ISBN 9781134944330. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[2] Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 230.

[3] "Беня Крик. Х/ф". Russia-K.

[4] "Benya Krik", National Center for Jewish Film

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