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The Killers (1956)

Name: The Killers
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Genre: thriller film
Duration: 19 min
Rating: 6.5

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 Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK).

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · Shot by Aleksandr Rybin · 19 min

Behind the scenes

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Criterion Creeps Ep. 155: The Killers — Criterion Creeps · 48 min

Elsewhere

More by Andrei Tarkovsky

There Will Be No Leave Today — 1959
The Steamroller and the Violin — 1961
Ivan's Childhood — 1962
Andrei Rublev — 1966
Solaris — 1972
The Mirror — 1975
Stalker — 1979
Voyage in Time — 1983
Nostalghia — 1985
The Sacrifice — 1986

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