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. It 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 . The Killers is an adaptation of a short story by Ernest Hemingway. The story is divided into three scenes. The first and third scenes were directed by Beiku and Tarkovsky, the second by Gordon. The first scene shows Nick Adams observing two gangsters in black... coats and black hats entering a small-town diner where Adams is eating. They tell the owner, George , that they are searching for the boxer Ole Andreson and that they want to kill him. They tie up Nick Adams and the cook, and wait for Ole Andreson to appear. Three customers enter the restaurant and are sent away by George. One of the customers is played by Tarkovsky, who whistles Lullaby of Birdland.
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| Release date: | 1956 |
| Directed by: | Marika Beiku, Aleksandr Gordon, Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Runtime: | 19 Minutes |
| Screenplay by: | Aleksandr Gordon, Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Adapted from: | The Killers |
| Genre: | Short Film |