Judaica
Jun 15, 2018
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(Film poster). “Benya Krik.”
Text in Russian. Laid down. 28 x 42.5 inches (71 x 108 cm).
Odessa, 1926
Soviet film directed by Vladimir Vilner follows the life of Russian-Jewish gangster Benya Krik (“Bennie the Howl”) a character from Isaak Babel’s collection of short stories, The Odessa Tales, and one of the great anti-heroes of Russian literature.
