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

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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