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.
Mendel Krik
Benya Krik - Mendel's son
Gleczik - the policeman
Sobkov - the comissar
Liovka Byk
Savka
Tartakovski
Muginstein - Tartakovski's clerk
Kol'ka Pakovski