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The Killers

The Killers

1956 19mCrimeDrama

The Killers is a 1956 student film by the Soviet and Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky and his fellow students Marika Beiku and Aleksandr Gordon. The film is based on the short story "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway, written in 1927. It was Tarkovsky's first film, produced when he was a student at the State Institute of Cinematography.

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Synopsis

The Killers is a 1956 student film by the Soviet and Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky and his fellow students Marika Beiku and Aleksandr Gordon. The film is based on the short story "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway, written in 1927. It was Tarkovsky's first film, produced when he was a student at the State Institute of Cinematography.

The vibe

film noirshort film

Behind it

Marika BeikuDirectorAndrei TarkovskyAndrei TarkovskyDirectorAleksandr GordonAleksandr GordonDirectorAlfredo ÁlvarezCinematographyAleksandr RybinAleksandr RybinCinematography

Cast

Yuliy FaytYuliy FaytNick Adams
Aleksandr GordonAleksandr GordonGeorge
Valentin VinogradovValentin VinogradovAl
Vadim NovikovMax
Yuriy DubrovinYuriy Dubrovin1st Customer
Andrei TarkovskyAndrei Tarkovsky2nd customer
Vasiliy ShukshinVasiliy ShukshinOle Andreson
Ermengeld KonovalovErmengeld KonovalovSam

Director

Marika Beiku, Andrei Tarkovsky, Aleksandr Gordon

Release date

1 Jan 1956

Runtime

19m

Studio

VGIK

Language

Russian

Country

Soviet Union

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