Bender. The Beginning
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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.
Valeriy Li
chinese
Andrey Pankov
Waiter
Igor Goldobin
Kornilovets
Denis Shlenkov
bandit Mendelya
Vitaly Kopnin
Makhnovets
Artyom Drachyov
Street child
Ilya Semyonov
prisoner of Makhno
Maksimilian Grigoriyev
Vladek
Pavel Elpashev
Nadziratel
Sergey Danilchuk
Plennyy
Egor Kelli
Matros
Timofey Okulov
Porter
Ivan Kaminskiy
Matros
Dmitriy Pereponov
Port worker
Kseniya Patsinskaya
Misha Yaponchik's girlfriend
Alla Petelina
Casting Director
Aleksey Alekseev
Executive Producer
Olga Feshchenko
Post Production Producer
Ekaterina Beresnevich
Lead Editor
Anastasiya Fateeva
Line Producer
Alexander Arefiev
Production Design
Viktoriya Igumnova
Costume Designer
Elena Lazareva
Script Editor
Oganes Marutyan
Additional Director of Photography
Valeriy Petrov
Steadicam Operator
Marina Lebedeva
Makeup Artist
Diana Ugryumova
Assistant Director
Sergey Golovkin
Stunt Coordinator
Evgeny Barulin
Visual Effects Producer
Alexander Petrov
VFX Supervisor
Alla Petelina
Sound Director
