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.
as Ibrahim Suleiman Berta-Maria Bender-bay
as Ostap Zadunayskiy
as Mishka Yaponchik
as Eva Mahulskaya - swindler
as Mark Sokolovich
as madam Sokolovich
as Bender's mother
as Grigoriy Kotovskiy
as Nestor Mahno
as Valiadis - host cabaret
as Ametistov - staff captain
as Mendel Vinnitskiy - Mishka's father
as Sofi Sokolovich
as Funt
as chinese
as Kornilov's messenger
as Administrator
as Waiter
as Zyama Raevskiy
as Captain of the ship
as Grach - street child
as Isupova - baroness
as madam Tsits
as Fuks
as partner of Makhulskaya - swindler - «Baron»
as Mr. Hammett
as Robber
as Karl Stolz
as Funeral guest
as Kornilovets
as bandit Mendelya
as Isa
as Feodosiy Shchus
as Gorets
as Makhnovets
as Street child
as prisoner of Makhno
as Vladek
as Nadziratel
as Plennyy
as Makhnovets
as Matros
as Porter
as bandit Mendelya
as Matros
as Port worker
as Washerwoman
as Misha Yaponchik's girlfriend
