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.
Stars: Yuli Fait, Aleksandr Gordon, Valentin Vinogradov, Vadim Novikov, Yuriy Dubrovin, Andrei Tarkovsky
Crew: Marika Beiku (Director), Andrei Tarkovsky (Scenario Writer), Andrei Tarkovsky (Director), Aleksandr Gordon (Director), Ernest Hemingway (Novel), Alfredo Álvarez (Director of Photography)
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Pусский
Studio: VGIK
Runtime: 19 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 01, 1956
IMDb: 5
Keywords:film noir, short film
