Ostap Bender. The Beginning

Ostap Bender. The Beginning

Drama, Comedy, Adventure | June 24, 2021

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.

Ostap Bender. The Beginning

Drama, Comedy, Adventure | June 24, 2021

Ostap 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.
IMDb rating 4.6
Producers Sreda
Original title Бендер: Начало
Directors Igor Zaytsev
Writers Elena Lazareva, Maksim Polinsky, Nikolay Bulygin, Yevgeni Petrov, Oleg Malovichko, Ilya Ilf, Varvara Avdyushko

Cast

Sergei Bezrukov

as Ibrahim Suleiman Berta-Maria Bender-bay

Aram Vardevanyan

as Ostap Zadunayskiy

Nikita Kologrivyy

as Mishka Yaponchik

Taisiya Vilkova

as Eva Mahulskaya - swindler

Aleksandr Tsekalo

as Mark Sokolovich

Yuliya Rutberg

as madam Sokolovich

Olga Sutulova

as Bender's mother

Yuri Kolokolnikov

as Grigoriy Kotovskiy

Pavel Derevyanko

as Nestor Mahno

Garik Kharlamov

as Valiadis - host cabaret

Artyom Tkachenko

as Ametistov - staff captain

Aleksandr Ilin

as Mendel Vinnitskiy - Mishka's father

Yuliya Makarova

as Sofi Sokolovich

Viktor Tsekalo

as Funt

Valeriy Li

as chinese

Mikhail Sakulin

as Kornilov's messenger

Yuriy Utkin

as Administrator

Andrey Pankov

as Waiter

Igor Klyuchnikov

as Zyama Raevskiy

Vladimir Matveev

as Captain of the ship

Oleg Chugunov

as Grach - street child

Oksana Bazilevich

as Isupova - baroness

Natalya Bochkaryova

as madam Tsits

Georgiy Shtil

as Fuks

Aleksey Dmitriev

as partner of Makhulskaya - swindler - «Baron»

Rihards Lepers

as Mr. Hammett

Vera Brezhneva

as Robber

Aleksandr Petrov

as Karl Stolz

Aleksandr Kakuev

as Funeral guest

Igor Goldobin

as Kornilovets

Denis Shlenkov

as bandit Mendelya

Garik Ayvazov

as Isa

Maxim Khanzhov

as Feodosiy Shchus

Vladislav Shkerin

as Gorets

Vitaly Kopnin

as Makhnovets

Artyom Drachyov

as Street child

Ilya Semyonov

as prisoner of Makhno

Pavel Elpashev

as Nadziratel

Sergey Danilchuk

as Plennyy

Vladimir Lysenko

as Makhnovets

Egor Kelli

as Matros

Timofey Okulov

as Porter

Roberto Fleites

as bandit Mendelya

Ivan Kaminskiy

as Matros

Dmitriy Pereponov

as Port worker

Lyudmila Grigorash

as Washerwoman

Kseniya Patsinskaya

as Misha Yaponchik's girlfriend