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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.
Casts

Sergei Bezrukov
Ibrahim Suleiman Berta-Maria Bender-bay

Aram Vardevanyan
Ostap Zadunayskiy

Nikita Kologrivyy
Mishka Yaponchik

Taisiya Vilkova
Eva Mahulskaya - swindler

Aleksandr Tsekalo
Mark Sokolovich

Yuliya Rutberg
madam Sokolovich

Olga Sutulova
Bender's mother

Yuri Kolokolnikov
Grigoriy Kotovskiy

Pavel Derevyanko
Nestor Mahno

Garik Kharlamov
Valiadis - host cabaret

Pavel Maykov

Artyom Tkachenko
Ametistov - staff captain

Aleksandr Ilin
Mendel Vinnitskiy - Mishka's father

Yuliya Makarova
Sofi Sokolovich

Viktor Tsekalo
Funt
Elena Lazareva
Valeriy Li
chinese

Mikhail Sakulin
Kornilov's messenger

Yuriy Utkin
Administrator
Andrey Pankov
Waiter
Dmitriy Penkov
Vera Kryukova

Igor Klyuchnikov
Zyama Raevskiy

Vladimir Matveev
Captain of the ship

Oleg Chugunov
Grach - street child

Oksana Bazilevich
Isupova - baroness

Mikhail Shelomentsev

Natalya Bochkareva
madam Tsits

Georgiy Shtil
Fuks

Aleksey Dmitriev
partner of Makhulskaya - swindler - «Baron»

Rihards Lepers
Mr. Hammett
Eduard Orlov

Vera Brezhneva
Robber

Aleksandr Petrov
Karl Stolz

Aleksandr Kakuev
Funeral guest
Igor Goldobin
Kornilovets
Denis Shlenkov
bandit Mendelya
Aleksandr Lapshov

Garik Ayvazov
Isa

Maxim Khanzhov
Feodosiy Shchus

Vladislav Shkerin
Gorets

Yuriy Petrov
Vitaliy Shabalovskiy
Vitaly Kopnin
Makhnovets
Artyom Drachyov
Street child
Ilya Semyonov
prisoner of Makhno
Maksimilian Grigoriyev
Vladek

Artur Musikhin
Pavel Elpashev
Nadziratel
Sergey Danilchuk
Plennyy

Vladimir Lysenko
Makhnovets
Egor Kelli
Matros
Timofey Okulov
Porter
Kristina Kulishenko
Aleksandr Aleynov

Roberto Fleites
bandit Mendelya
Ivan Kaminskiy
Matros
Dmitriy Pereponov
Port worker

Lyudmila Grigorash
Washerwoman
Kseniya Patsinskaya
Misha Yaponchik's girlfriend
Tatyana Andriyanova

Dmitry Golovanov
Crews

Igor Zaytsev
Director
Varvara Avdyushko
Creative Producer

Nikolay Bulygin
Creative Producer

Ilya Ilf
Characters

Oleg Malovichko
Screenplay

Yevgeni Petrov
Characters

Maksim Polinsky
Creative Producer
Aleksey Alekseev
Executive Producer
Anastasiya Fateeva
Line Producer
Olga Feshchenko
Post Production Producer

Danila Ippolitov
Executive Producer

Olga Nikulina
Post Production Producer

Aleksandra Remizova
Head of Production

Ivan Samokhvalov
General Manager

Aleksandr Tsekalo
General Manager

Ryan Otter
Original Music Composer
Ekaterina Beresnevich
Lead Editor
Alla Petelina
Casting Director
Viktoriya Igumnova
Costume Designer
Marina Lebedeva
Makeup Designer
Alexander Arefiev
Production Design

Elena Zhukova
Production Design

Sergey Trofimov
Director of Photography
Elena Lazareva
Script Editor
Oganes Marutyan
Additional Director of Photography
Marina Lebedeva
Makeup Artist
Diana Ugryumova
Assistant Director
Alla Petelina
Sound Director

Nikita Rozhdestvenskiy
Steadicam Operator
Valeriy Petrov
Steadicam Operator
Sergey Golovkin
Stunt Coordinator

Aleksandr Baranov
Stunt Coordinator
Evgeny Barulin
Visual Effects Producer
Alexander Petrov
VFX Supervisor
Backdrops & Posters

