The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Russian: Жизнь и приключения Мишки Япончика, romanized: Zhizn i priklyucheniya Mishki Yaponchika) is a crime television series, based on real events. Directed by Sergey Ginzburg.
Internationally language title is a Once Upon a Time in Odessa.
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Plot
The film tells the story of the legendary Odessa's Robin Hood, Mikhail (Moshe-Yaakov) Vinnitsky known as Mishka Yaponchik. He came out of prison, returned to Odessa and cobbled together his own band. Mishka Yaponchik becomes king of thieves. His raids become more wittier. The storyline of the series love story woven thief to a local rich man's daughter. The film is based on real events.
The authors of the series did not pursue the goal to create a thoroughly historically tied now, their goal, a love story based on the works of Isaac Babel.
Cast
Evgeniy Tkachuk as Mishka Yaponchik
Elena Shamova as Tsilya Averman, Mishka Yaponchik's wife
Alexey Filimonov as Izya Mayorchik
Artyom Tkachenko as Rzhevskij-Rajewski
Igor Savochkin as Shark, a bandit
Anatoly Kot as Stotsky
Oleg Shkolnik as Meer Vinnitsky
Andrey Urgant as Hepner Yoval Lazarevich
Pavel Priluchny as Leonid Utesov
Kirill Polukhin as Grigory Kotovsky
Valentin Gaft as Mendel Hersh
Rimma Markova as Pani Basia
Sergei Ginzburg as Deyev, regiment commander
Soundtrack
Radda Erdenko — Spinning, Spinning the Blue Bow
Karina Gabrielyan — Tumbalalaika
Radda Erdenko, Karina Gabrielyan — Chiribim-chirib (The Magic Song of the eternal Purim)
Karina Gabrielyan — Bublički
Radda Erdenko — Joh-choh-choh
Karina Gabrielyan — Yes, My Dove
Radda Erdenko — Аy Аy Нora
Karina Gabrielyan — Abi Gezunt
Vladimir Dolinsky — Lemonchik
The Barry Sisters — Bei Mir Bistu Shein
Alik Farber — Rachel, To You Are Dead, You To Me Like!