Movie

The Killers (1956)

• January 1, 1956
• 19m

• Crime
• Drama

Overview

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.

Directors

Marika Beiku, Andrei Tarkovsky, Aleksandr Gordon

Writers

Ernest Hemingway

Starring

Yuliy Fayt, Aleksandr Gordon, Valentin Vinogradov