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

2011-11-09
8.7
ru
CrimeDrama
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.

Screenplay

Maxim Belozor

Production Design

Nikita Chernov

Producer

Vladyslav Riashyn

Director of Photography

Eduard Moshkovich

Original Music Composer

Vladimir Davydenko

Director

Sergey Ginzburg

gangster

Status

Ended

Countries

  • Russia
  • Ukraine

Companies

  • Star Media