"Motion pictures, Ukrainian." . . "Yiddish videos 2009." . . "Ukraine" . . "Odesa (Ukraine)" . . . . . "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. They profit from their criminal activities until the Russian Revolution and the local commissar assigns them \"emergency revictualing patrol,\" making them a \"revolutionary\" regiment, complete with tattooed red stars. But this new post backfires for Benya as he finds himself ensnared in a Bolshevik trap."@en . . . . . "Silent films"@en . "fiction dramatique (fiction)" . . "Set in the Jewish underworld of Odessa, and based on the life of gangster Mishka Yaponchik. Following the Russian Revolution, the local commissar makes Benya Krik and his gang a revolutionary regiment. However, the post turns out to be a Bolshevik trap to catch Benya."@en . . . . "History"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Gangster films"@en . . "Isaac Babel's classic story 'Benya Krik'"@en . . . . "Беня Крик" . . . . . . "Beni︠a︡ Krik"@en . . . . . . . . . "Drama"@en . . "Beni︠a︡ Krik"@en . "Benya Krik"@en . "Benya Krik" . "\"[Benya Krik] not only presented its swaggering hero as the victim of the Bolshevik regime but risked accusations of anti-Semitism by Jews as criminal profiteers... Opening in Kiev in early 1927, Benya Krik was almost immediately banned by the Ukrainian office for political education\" - -J. Hoberman, 'Village Voice'."@en . "Feature films"@en . . "Beni︠a︡ Krik (Motion picture)"@en . "Foreign films"@en . . "Fiction films"@en . "\"[Benya Krik] not only presented its swaggering hero as the victim of the Bolshevik regime but risked accusations of anti-Semitism by Jews as criminal profiteers ... Opening in Kiev in early 1927, Benya Krik was almost immediately banned by the Ukrainian office for political education\"--J. Hoberman, 'Village Voice'."@en . . "Benia Krik"@en . . . . .