Bennie the Howl (1926)

Drama

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

Mendel Krik
Benya Krik - Mendel's son
Kol'ka Pakovski
Gleczik - the policeman
Sobkov - the comissar
Muginstein - Tartakovski's clerk

Crew

Screenplay
Director of Photography