The Beilis Case (1917)

The Beilis Case (1917)

1917-04-24 Russia 0 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Ukrainian silent courtroom drama about the trial on charges of Menachem Mendel Beilis in the ritual murder of 12-year-old Andrey Yushchinsky. Menahem Mendel Beilis was a Ukrainian Jew accused of ritual murder in Kyiv, in the then Russian Empire, in a notorious 1913 trial, known as the Beilis trial or Beilis affair.

Cast

Y. Yakovlev is Mendel Beilis
Mendel Beilis
Malkevich-Khodakovskaya is Vera Chibiryak
Степан Кузнецов is Investigator Krasovskiy
Investigator Krasovskiy
Aksel Lundin is Mysterious citizen
Mysterious citizen
Sergei Tsenin is Valka Ryzhiy, the hooligan
Valka Ryzhiy, the hooligan
Pavel Znachkovsky is Secong hooligan
Secong hooligan
Ivan Kachalov is Lembovetskiy
Lembovetskiy
Mesherskiy is Scheglovitov
Scheglovitov