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.

Cast

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 Artyom Tkachenko Ametistov - staff captain

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