Benya Krik (film)

Benya Krik
Directed byVladimir Vilner [ru][1]
Screenplay byIsaak Babel
Based onOdessa Stories
Release date
  • 1927 (1927)
Running time
81 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

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

The film depicts the career of a Jewish Russian gangster, and was based on the Odessa Stories of Isaak Babel. The main setting is the city of Odesa.

Benya Krik as portrayed by Yuri Shumsky
  1. ^ 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.
  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.