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The Killers
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The Killers

1956-01-01 · 19 min · ★ 6.1

Crime · Drama

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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Directors
Marika Beiku, Andrei Tarkovsky, Aleksandr Gordon
Production companies
VGIK
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

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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

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