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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Yuliy Fayt
Nick Adams
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Aleksandr Gordon
George
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Valentin Vinogradov
Al
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Vadim Novikov
Max
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Yuriy Dubrovin
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D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
Andrei Tarkovsky
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I Am Twenty
Vasiliy Shukshin
Ole Andreson
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Ermengeld Konovalov
Sam
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Andrei Tarkovsky Director · Aleksandr Gordon Director Marika Beiku Director
First release January 1, 1956 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Убийцы
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Убийцы
Original language
Russian
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Russian
Release dates
Russia · January 1, 1956
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