The Killers

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1956

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

VGIK

Cast

Yuliy Fayt,Aleksandr Gordon,Valentin Vinogradov,Vadim Novikov,Yuriy Dubrovin,Andrei Tarkovsky,Vasiliy Shukshin,Ermengeld Konovalov

Director

Marika Beiku,Andrei Tarkovsky,Aleksandr Gordon

Writer

Andrei Tarkovsky,Ernest Hemingway

Cinematography

Aleksandr Rybin,Alfredo Álvarez

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0052330