Ostap 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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Cast
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Sergei Bezrukov
Ibrahim Suleiman Berta-Maria Bender-bay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qPNAHRqjwA8YgwHPvXgRQmFbF0T.jpg)
Aram Vardevanyan
Ostap Zadunayskiy![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ks9PgLvDqFz9xmlBRZGaFnwtT5M.jpg)
Nikita Kologrivyy
Mishka Yaponchik![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/bgDcRRkoNFY6OJ5jTEKg7xKSVqH.jpg)
Taisiya Vilkova
Eva Mahulskaya - swindler![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5hyGJbYzq0yIU3SNp97yvBCK3i0.jpg)
Aleksandr Tsekalo
Mark Sokolovich![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/a2XKyyxNUsFDZH0rgObvWyihjW3.jpg)
Yuliya Rutberg
madam Sokolovich![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fwWy0aUZQRYEUf4aXQEysYC6MXk.jpg)
Olga Sutulova
Bender's mother![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/77g4exFoU4FvCWoWVgn6aXR01rA.jpg)
Yuri Kolokolnikov
Grigoriy Kotovskiy![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/9HzyB4z0IQj9NDdb6Bzopb4ACX0.jpg)
Pavel Derevyanko
Nestor Mahno![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lvTOFRi6sj2h3F00d7Xg6fVoedC.jpg)
Igor Kharlamov
Valiadis - host cabaret![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/9xefUeeVpFhaBLZwYqrNQfnEsYi.jpg)
Pavel Maykov
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Artyom Tkachenko
Ametistov - staff captain![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/12Bje7DdeFxMADJHogg1GK1950B.jpg)
Aleksandr Ilin
Mendel Vinnitskiy - Mishka's father![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/s4ytFm8GC8W62emu8JBbsOWGbx0.jpg)
Yuliya Makarova
Sofi Sokolovich![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/pEglGqdV9pCz03QRLT2BY5M2hTL.jpg)
Viktor Tsekalo
Funt![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/9R90Z6T2DF4zYHJmPTYIGCIyRc2.jpg)
Mikhail Sakulin
Kornilov's messenger![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ubBTzArdzU2gx7VUiX4WMpX92J6.jpg)
Yuriy Utkin
Administrator![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/10Ez8U6uClBvk2nHv3pLiFJyTrk.jpg)
Igor Klyuchnikov
Zyama Raevskiy![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lrJc6ynfYsKosvhetWYUKg19TFs.jpg)
Vladimir Matveev
Captain of the ship![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/npWzUwkOZlJIEo9IMgM3jsBqWc2.jpg)
Oleg Chugunov
Grach - street child![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ilQdalW38e0uoVHloarFhRDNKGz.jpg)
Oksana Bazilevich
Isupova - baroness![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/p0NgBkDhXZYy2pFWNDKmsNcE0gH.jpg)
Mikhail Shelomentsev
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Natalya Bochkareva
madam Tsits![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gT7o9B4YN36yJlQCTCuRszFCVwl.jpg)
Georgiy Shtil
Fuks![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xCGxJcTDaCkiZM1aTtVnGATjxTB.jpg)
Aleksey Dmitriev
partner of Makhulskaya - swindler - «Baron»![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6JjSQl1GpYCerbPrxO4QHygjUgC.jpg)
Rihards Lepers
Mr. Hammett![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/CwVmX5SRUrXKp9IhXu1znCZMAd.jpg)
Vera Brezhneva
Robber![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qD1M4b0C386bntsEvtX9xiTszB1.jpg)
Aleksandr Petrov
Karl Stolz![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/e5Ez9V6lbeWw1E9BG0ghkPIp5Hb.jpg)
Aleksandr Kakuev
Funeral guest![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/z5rsRK887QRSeAPArsmed81DvWY.jpg)
Garik Ayvazov
Isa![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/z78w69pCPeegpX1OvQRL3yiFPlp.jpg)
Maxim Khanzhov
Feodosiy Shchus![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5lKDw0ftJfe52qSMhu9bmN8flrc.jpg)
Vladislav Shkerin
Gorets![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4plpKi7i6OhIh9iJLKuU6q5SAei.jpg)
Yuriy Petrov
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Artur Musikhin
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Roberto Fleites
bandit Mendelya![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/kVBY5R1sBl3uGt1XjUt63wbyXFm.jpg)
Lyudmila Grigorash
Washerwoman![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/752NnwS8UbwX7EYo4kxeE9CkvYP.jpg)
Dmitry Golovanov