Bender: The Beginning (2021)
- Original title
- Бендер: Начало
- Directed by
- Igor Zaytsev
- Genre
- adventure film, action comedy film
- Country
- Russia
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 45 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1919, a young idealist named Osip meets Ibrahim Bender, a Turkish swindler hunting for a royal relic. Osip learns tricks like flattery and deception from Ibrahim, falls for a dangerous foreigner, and transforms into the legendary Ostap Bender.
light-heartedfast-pacedamusingadventurousplayfulquirkyaction-packednostalgic
What happens
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. It is scheduled to be theatrically released on 24 June 2021. The film is set in 1919 and shows as the young idealist named Osip runs into the 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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