Ostap Bender. The Beginning

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Sergei Bezrukov

Ibrahim Suleiman Berta-Maria Bender-bay

Age : 50 | Popularity : 5%

Aram Vardevanyan

Ostap Zadunayskiy

Age : 28 | Popularity : 3%

Nikita Kologrivyy

Mishka Yaponchik

Age : 29 | Popularity : 10%

Taisiya Vilkova

Eva Mahulskaya - swindler

Age : N/A | Popularity : 62%

Aleksandr Tsekalo

Mark Sokolovich

Age : 63 | Popularity : 8%

Yuliya Rutberg

madam Sokolovich

Age : 58 | Popularity : 7%

Olga Sutulova

Bender's mother

Age : 44 | Popularity : 7%

Yuri Kolokolnikov

Grigoriy Kotovskiy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 64%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Igor Zaytsev
Writing	Creative Producer	Varvara Avdyushko Nikolay Bulygin Maksim Polinsky
	Characters	Ilya Ilf Yevgeni Petrov
	Screenplay	Oleg Malovichko
	Script Editor	Elena Lazareva
Production	Executive Producer	Aleksey Alekseev Danila Ippolitov
	Line Producer	Anastasiya Fateeva
	Post Production Producer	Olga Feshchenko Olga Nikulina
	Head of Production	Aleksandra Remizova
	General Manager	Ivan Samokhvalov Aleksandr Tsekalo
	Casting Director	Alla Petelina
Sound	Original Music Composer	Ryan Otter
Editing	Lead Editor	Ekaterina Beresnevich
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Designer	Viktoriya Igumnova
	Makeup Designer	Marina Lebedeva
Art	Production Design	Aleksandr Arefev Elena Zhukova
Camera	Director of Photography	Sergey Trofimov
Department	Role	Name

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