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The Killers
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Title: The Killers

Release Date: 1 Jan 1956

Runtime: 19m

Genre: Crime, Drama

Director: VGIK

Production Companies: VGIK

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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Cast

  • Nick Adams: Yuli Fait
  • George: Aleksandr Gordon
  • Al: Valentin Vinogradov
  • Max: Vadim Novikov
  • 1st Customer: Yuriy Dubrovin
  • 2nd customer: Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Ole Andreson: Vasiliy Shukshin
  • Sam: Ermengeld Konovalov
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