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Bender: The Beginning (2021)
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Original name: Бендер: Начало
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, suspense, dark comedy, period drama
Plot:
con artists, deception, treasure hunt, russian empire, con men, scheming, scam, criminal, escapades, male female relationship, con trick, couple relations, cons and scams, fraud, heist, moral ambiguity, mafia, aristocracy, city, blackmail, danger, urban, unhappiness, class conflict, streetwise ...
Time:
year 1919
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Duration: 97 min.
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Time:
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Duration: 102 min.
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Plot:
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Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Russia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
montenegro, eastern europe
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Turkey
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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