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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.

2021 |- |  Adventure, Comedy, Action, Drama

Cast

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Sergei Bezrukov

Ibrahim Suleiman Berta-Maria Bender-bay

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Aram Vardevanyan

Ostap Zadunayskiy

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Nikita Kologrivyy

Mishka Yaponchik

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Taisiya Vilkova

Eva Mahulskaya - swindler

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Yuliya Rutberg

madam Sokolovich

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Olga Sutulova

Bender's mother

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Yuri Kolokolnikov

Grigoriy Kotovskiy

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Pavel Derevyanko

Nestor Mahno

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Igor Kharlamov

Valiadis - host cabaret

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Pavel Maykov

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Artyom Tkachenko

Ametistov - staff captain

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Aleksandr Ilin

Mendel Vinnitskiy - Mishka's father

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Yuliya Makarova

Sofi Sokolovich

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Viktor Tsekalo

Funt

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Mikhail Sakulin

Kornilov's messenger

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Yuriy Utkin

Administrator

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Igor Klyuchnikov

Zyama Raevskiy

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Vladimir Matveev

Captain of the ship

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Oleg Chugunov

Grach - street child

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Oksana Bazilevich

Isupova - baroness

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Mikhail Shelomentsev

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Natalya Bochkareva

madam Tsits

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Georgiy Shtil

Fuks

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Aleksey Dmitriev

partner of Makhulskaya - swindler - «Baron»

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Rihards Lepers

Mr. Hammett

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Vera Brezhneva

Robber

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Aleksandr Petrov

Karl Stolz

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Aleksandr Kakuev

Funeral guest

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Garik Ayvazov

Isa

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Maxim Khanzhov

Feodosiy Shchus

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Vladislav Shkerin

Gorets

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Yuriy Petrov

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Artur Musikhin

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Vladimir Lysenko

Makhnovets

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Roberto Fleites

bandit Mendelya

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Lyudmila Grigorash

Washerwoman

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Dmitry Golovanov

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Status

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Language

Russian

Budget

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