MOVIE
The Killers
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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The Killers in its release era
Released in 1956, The Killers sits inside the 1950s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1956-01-01
- TMDB score
- 6.1/10
- Original language
- RU
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Soviet Union
- Studio
- VGIK
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