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.
Сергей Безруков
as Ibrahim Suleiman Berta-Maria Bender-bay
Арам Вардеванян
as Ostap Zadunayskiy
Никита Кологривый
as Mishka Yaponchik
Таисия Вилкова
as Eva Mahulskaya - swindler
Александр Цекало
as Mark Sokolovich
Юлия Рутберг
as madam Sokolovich
Ольга Сутулова
as Bender's mother
Юрий Колокольников
as Grigoriy Kotovskiy
Павел Деревянко
as Nestor Mahno
Игорь Харламов
as Valiadis - host cabaret
Павел Майков
as
Артём Ткаченко
as Ametistov - staff captain
