The seamy Jewish underworld of Odesa is the setting for Isaac Babel's story based on the life of gangster king Mishka Yaponchik "Mike the Jap" Vinnitsky. Murder is a way of life for Benya and his gang until he finds himself ensnared in a Bolshevik trap.
| Directing | Vladimir Vilner | Director |
| Writing | Isaak Babel | Book |
| Writing | Isaak Babel | Screenplay |
| Camera | Oleksiy Kalyuzhnyi | Director of Photography |