The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)

Overview

Mishka Yaponchik was a Ukrainian gangster, Jewish, lived in Odessa at the beginning of the XX century, the military leader of two thousand of gangsters and the prototype of Benia Krik in The "Odessa Tales" by Soviet Jewish writer Isaak Babel. Born Moisei Vinnitsky, Yaponchik ("the Japanese") was an exceptional and eccentric character. Hailed as the next Robin Hood, he established his own code of conduct forbidding the robbing of the poor and professional classes.

Cast

Evgeniy Tkachuk

Михаил Винницкий

Aleksey Filimonov

Valentin Gaft

Igor Savochkin

Акула (авторитет)

Elena Shamova

Vadim Norshteyn

Igor Artashonov

Sergey Marin

Ilya Lykov

Petr Skvortsov

Rimma Markova

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Yakov Gopp

Grinya, Akula's brother