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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.
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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.
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Genre:Adventure, Comedy, Action, Drama
Written By:Oleg Malovichko
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Runtime:96 minutes
Studio:Sreda
Cast
Igor Zaytsev
Director
Sergey Bezrukov
Ibrahim Suleiman Berta-Maria Bender-bay
Aram Vardevanyan
Ostap Zadunayskiy
Nikita Kologrivyy
Mishka Yaponchik
Taisiya Vilkova
Eva Mahulskaya - swindler
Olexander 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
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