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Bender: The Beginning, also known as Ostap Bender. The Beginning (Russian: Бендер: Начало) is a 2021 Russian action adventure comedy film directed by Igor Zaytsev, a prequel to The Twelve Chairs from the production company Sreda. It stars Sergey Bezrukov as Ibrahim Bender, and Aram Vardevanyan in the role was dedicated to Ostap Bender-Zadunaisky.[1][2]

Bender: The Beginning
Directed by	Igor Zaytsev
Written by	Oleg Malovichko
Produced by	Aleksandr Tsekalo Ivan Samokhvalov Varya Avdyushko Aleksandra Remizova Anastasiya Fateeva
Starring	Sergey Bezrukov Aram Vardevanyan Nikita Kologrivyy Taisiya Vilkova Aleksandr Tsekalo
Cinematography	Sergei Trofimov
Edited by	Yekaterina Beresnevich
Music by	Ryan Otter
Production companies	Sreda Russia-1
Distributed by	Central Partnership
Release date	24 June 2021 (2021-06-24) (Russia)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Box office	₽50 million

It is scheduled to be theatrically released on 24 June 2021.[3]

Plot

The film is set in 1919. A young idealist named Osip ran into a Turkish swindler, Ibrahim Bender, who, like Osip, hunts for a royal relic. Osip learns from Ibrahim flattery, deception, blackmail and brute force, falls in love with a fatal beautiful foreigner and becomes the legendary Ostap Bender.[4]

Cast

• Sergey Bezrukov as Ibrahim Suleiman Berta-Maria Bender-Bey
• Aram Vardevanyan as Osip "Osya" Zadunaisky (Ostap Bender-Zadunaisky)
• Nikita Kologrivyy as Mishka Yaponchik
• Taisiya Vilkova as Eva Machulskaya, a swindler
• Natalya Bochkareva as Madame Tsits
• Georgy Shtil as Fuks
• Aleksandr Tsekalo as Mark Sokolovich
• Yuliya Rutberg as Madame Sokolovich
• Yuliya Makarova as Sofi Sokolovich
• Olga Sutulova as Osip's mother
• Garik Kharlamov as Valiadis, host cabaret
• Artyom Tkachenko as Staff captain Ametistov, military commandant of Solnechnomorsk
• Aleksandr Ilin as Mendel Vinnitsky, Mishka's father
• Yuri Kolokolnikov as Grigory Kotovsky
• Pavel Derevyanko as Nestor Makhno
• Andrey Levin as Leon Trotsky
• Richard Lappers as Mr. Armand Hammer

Production

The film was shot by the Sreda company, owned by Aleksandr Tsekalo, and the television channel Russia-1. The film was directed by Igor Zaytsev. Bender: The Beginning is the first part of the series, followed by the films Bender: Gold of the Empire and Bender: The Final Hustle. It is assumed that later on from these pictures a single series about Ostap Bender will be created.

See also

• Bender: Gold of the Empire – Part 2 (2021 film)
• Bender: The Final Hustle – Part 3 (2021 film)

References

External links

• Bender: The Beginning at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Bender: The Beginning

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[ru] Бендер: Начало

«Бендер: Начало» — российский художественный фильм, приквел «Двенадцати стульев» от продюсерской компании Sreda. Вышел в прокат 24 июня 2021 года. Главную роль в картине сыграл Сергей Безруков. Телепремьера состоялась 11 февраля 2022 года на канале «Россия-1».

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