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.
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Based on
Based on The Killers
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Aleksandr Rybin
Details
- Writer
- Ernest HemingwayNovel
- Original title
- Убийцы
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 1, 1956
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
Production
Cast
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