Bender. The Beginning

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.

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)

Igor 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

Dmitry Golovanov