Bender. The Beginning
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Russian Empire, 1919. By a twist of fate, young idealist Osip Zadunaisky meets an infamous con artist and self-proclaimed Turkish subject Ibrahim Bender. A man of pure thought and aristocratic upbringing, Osip would never have associated with a cunning and unscrupulous swindler, but Bender comes up with an offer Osip cannot refuse. A precious royal relic, a diamond-encrusted golden scepter is hidden somewhere in town; Bender needs a partner on his mission to find it, and offers Osip a share of the profit from selling the treasure. And so begins their joint venture, wrought with comical and dangerous twists and turns, where they have to outsmart and outmaneuver officers of the White Guard as well as the local mafia, who also have their eyes on the scepter. As their quest unfolds, Osip is compelled to learn Bender’s tricks of the trade: charming flattery, delicate deception, soft intimidation... as well as brute force.
Cast
Sergei Bezrukov
Ibrahim Suleiman Berta-Maria Bender-bay
Aram Vardevanyan
Ostap Zadunayskiy
Nikita Kologrivyy
Mishka Yaponchik
Taisiya Vilkova
Eva Mahulskaya - swindler
Aleksandr Tsekalo
Mark Sokolovich
Yuliya Rutberg
madam Sokolovich
Olga Sutulova
Bender's mother
Yuri Kolokolnikov
Grigoriy Kotovskiy
Pavel Derevyanko
Nestor Mahno
Garik Kharlamov
Valiadis - host cabaret
Pavel Maykov
Artyom Tkachenko
Ametistov - staff captain
Aleksandr Ilin
Mendel Vinnitskiy - Mishka's father
Yuliya Makarova
Sofi Sokolovich
Viktor Tsekalo
Funt
Elena Lazareva
Valeriy Li
chinese
Mikhail Sakulin
Kornilov's messenger
Yuriy Utkin
Administrator
Andrey Pankov
Waiter
Dmitriy Penkov
Vera Kryukova
Igor Klyuchnikov
Zyama Raevskiy
Vladimir Matveev
Captain of the ship
Oleg Chugunov
Grach - street child
Oksana Bazilevich
Isupova - baroness
Mikhail Shelomentsev
Natalya Bochkareva
madam Tsits
Georgiy Shtil
Fuks
Aleksey Dmitriev
partner of Makhulskaya - swindler - «Baron»
Rihards Lepers
Mr. Hammett
Eduard Orlov
Vera Brezhneva
Robber
Aleksandr Petrov
Karl Stolz
Aleksandr Kakuev
Funeral guest
Igor Goldobin
Kornilovets
Denis Shlenkov
bandit Mendelya
Aleksandr Lapshov
Garik Ayvazov
Isa
Maxim Khanzhov
Feodosiy Shchus
Vladislav Shkerin
Gorets
Yuriy Petrov
Vitaliy Shabalovskiy
Vitaly Kopnin
Makhnovets
Artyom Drachyov
Street child
Ilya Semyonov
prisoner of Makhno
Maksimilian Grigoriyev
Vladek
Artur Musikhin
Pavel Elpashev
Nadziratel
Sergey Danilchuk
Plennyy
Vladimir Lysenko
Makhnovets
Egor Kelli
Matros
Timofey Okulov
Porter
Kristina Kulishenko
Aleksandr Aleynov
Roberto Fleites
bandit Mendelya
Ivan Kaminskiy
Matros
Dmitriy Pereponov
Port worker
Lyudmila Grigorash
Washerwoman
Kseniya Patsinskaya
Misha Yaponchik's girlfriend
Tatyana Andriyanova
