Bender. The Beginning
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.
Crew
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Danila Ippolitov
Executive Producer
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Aleksandra Remizova
Head of Production
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Marina Lebedeva
Makeup Artist
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Maksim Polinsky
Creative Producer
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Oleg Malovichko
Screenplay
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Ilya Ilf
Characters
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Aleksandr Tsekalo
General Manager
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Nikolay Bulygin
Creative Producer
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Igor Zaytsev
Director
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Sergey Trofimov
Director of Photography
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Varvara Avdyushko
Creative Producer
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Yevgeni Petrov
Characters
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Aleksandr Baranov
Stunt Coordinator
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Sergey Golovkin
Stunt Coordinator
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Ryan Otter
Original Music Composer
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Ivan Samokhvalov
General Manager
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Viktoriya Igumnova
Costume Designer
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Elena Zhukova
Production Design
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Anastasiya Fateeva
Line Producer
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Oganes Marutyan
Additional Director of Photography
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Alexander Petrov
VFX Supervisor
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Ekaterina Beresnevic…
Lead Editor
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Alexander Arefiev
Production Design
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Elena Lazareva
Script Editor
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Nikita Rozhdestvensk…
Steadicam Operator
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Diana Ugryumova
Assistant Director
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Valeriy Petrov
Steadicam Operator
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Evgeny Barulin
Visual Effects Producer
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Olga Nikulina
Post Production Producer
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Alla Petelina
Casting Director
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Alla Petelina
Sound Director
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Aleksey Alekseev
Executive Producer
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Olga Feshchenko
Post Production Producer
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