The Killers (1956)

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.

Released

1956-01-01

Genres

Crime, Drama

Runtime

19 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Marika Beiku, Andrei Tarkovsky, Aleksandr Gordon

TMDB rating

6.1/10 from 110 votes