The Killers

Original title: Ubiytsy

1956
19m

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Two men besiege a lunch bar looking for a third man they must kill.Two men besiege a lunch bar looking for a third man they must kill.Two men besiege a lunch bar looking for a third man they must kill.

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6.5/10

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Trivia
All the roles were played by students of the VGIK. Moreover, props were not only brought by students from their homes, but also provided from friends and relatives.

Connections
Featured in One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevitch (1987)

Soundtracks
Lullaby of Birdland
Written by George Shearing
(1952)
Whistled by the second bar patron played by Andrei Tarkovsky

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7/10

A Little bit of genius.

My Rating : 7/10

Excellent little short film in the film-noir realm from the Russian master of cinema. The minimalist nature of it is rather absurd but I think within it the viewer must find meaning and that is genius.

Solid short film-noir.