Bennie the Howl (1926)
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.
Released: Apr 28, 1926
Runtime: 81 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Matviy Lyarov, Yury Shumsky, Ivan Zamychkovskyi, Sergei Minin, Teodor Brainin, A. Sashin
Crew: Vladimir Vilner (Director), Isaak Babel (Book), Isaak Babel (Screenplay), Oleksiy Kalyuzhnyi (Director of Photography)