Matvei Lyarov
Mendel Krik
The seamy Jewish underworld of Odessa 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.
Mendel Krik
Benya Krik, Mendel's son
Dvoira, Benya's sister
Lazar Spilgagen, Dvoira's fiancé
Kolka Pakovskiy
Lyovka Byk
Abdullah
Savka Butsis
Froim Grach
Marantz, broker
Ruvim Tartakovskiy, owner of 19 bakeries
Muginstein, Tartakovskiy's clerk
Gypsy flower woman
Gleczik, the policeman
Sokovich, bailiff
Commissar Sobkov
Kochetkov, Sobkov's assistant
Auctioneer / Jury member Tsysin
(uncredited)
Bailiff's mother (uncredited)
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