TV series
The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)
2011, Russian, on Channel One. Created by Sergey Ginzburg.
Mishka Yaponchik was a Ukrainian gangster, Jewish, lived in Odessa at the beginning of the XX century, the military leader of two thousand of gangsters and the prototype of Benia Krik in The "Odessa Tales" by Soviet Jewish writer Isaak Babel. Born Moisei Vinnitsky, Yaponchik ("the Japanese") was an exceptional and eccentric character. Hailed as the next Robin Hood, he established his own code of conduct forbidding the robbing of the poor and professional classes.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 12
- Episode length
- Varies
- Status
- Ended in 2011
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Latest episode
S1 E12: Episode 12
Aired 9 November 2011
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Sergey GinzburgCreator
- Evgeniy TkachukМихаил Винницкий · 12 ep
- Aleksey FilimonovCast · 12 ep
- Valentin GaftCast · 12 ep
- Igor SavochkinАкула (авторитет) · 12 ep
- Elena ShamovaCast · 12 ep
- Vadim NorshteynCast · 12 ep
- Igor ArtashonovCast · 12 ep
- Sergey MarinCast · 12 ep
- Ilya LykovCast · 12 ep
- Petr SkvortsovCast · 12 ep
- Rimma MarkovaCast · 12 ep
- Yakov GoppGrinya, Akula's brother · 12 ep
Details
- First aired
- 9 November 2011
- Last aired
- 9 November 2011
- Network
- Channel One
- Original title
- Жизнь и приключения Мишки Япончика
- Language
- Russian
- Country
- Russia, Ukraine
- Type
- Miniseries
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Who created The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)?
The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa) was created by Sergey Ginzburg and stars Evgeniy Tkachuk, Aleksey Filimonov, Valentin Gaft.