Benya Krik (film)
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| Benya Krik | |
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| Directed by | [1] |
| Screenplay by | Isaak Babel |
| Based on | The Odessa Tales |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Benya Krik (Russian: Беня Крик, romanized: Benya Krik) is a 1926 Soviet silent film directed by [1][2][3] and starring as Benya Krik.
Benya Krik is a fictional character in Isaak Babel's collection of short stories, The Odessa Tales. He is a Jewish Russian gangster, and he and his gang of thugs are the main focus of the stories. An episode from the life of his family is presented in Babel's play Sunset.
The film was restored and supplied with English subtitles by the National Center for Jewish Film.[4]
Benya Krik as portrayed by
Cast[]
- as Mendel Krik
- as Benya Krik - Mendel's son
- as Kolka Pakovski
- as Gleczik - the policeman
- as Sobkov - the comissar
- as Savka
References[]
- ^ 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[]
- Benya Krik at the Internet Movie Database.
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- 1926 films
- Russian-language films
- Soviet black comedy films
- 1920s black comedy films
- Russian films
- Russian black comedy films
- Soviet silent feature films
- Soviet films
- Soviet black-and-white films
- Odessa in fiction
- 1926 comedy films
- Russian black-and-white films
- Russian silent feature films
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