"VGIK" "All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography" "THE KILLERS Based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway" "Screenplay by Alexander GORDON Andrei TARKOVSKY" "Directed by Marika BEIKU Alexander GORDON Andrei TARKOVSKY" "Cameramen A. RYBIN A. ALVARES" "The production course by Mikhail ROMM." "The photography course by Alexander GALPERIN" "Starring:" "Yuly FAIT as Nick Adams Alexander GORDON as George" "Valentin VINOGRADOV as Al Vadim NOVIKOV as Max" "Yury DUBROVIN as 1st visitor Andrei TARKOVSKY as 2nd visitor" "Vasily SHUKSHIN as Ole Andreson" "What's yours?" "I don't know." " What do you want to eat, Al?" " I don't know." "I'll have a roast pork tenderloin with apple sauce and mashed potatoes." " It isn't ready yet." "What the hell do you put it on the card for?" "That's the dinner." "You can get that at six o'clock." "It's five o'clock." "The clock says twenty minutes past five." "It's twenty minutes fast." "Oh, to hell with the clock." "What have you got to eat?" "I can give you any kind of sandwiches." "You can have ham and eggs, bacon and eggs, liver..." "Give me chicken croquettes with green peas and cream sauce and mashed potatoes." "That's the dinner." "Everything we want's the dinner, eh?" "That's the way you work it." "I can give you ham and eggs, bacon and eggs, steak..." "I'll take ham and eggs." "Give me bacon and eggs." "Sam, ham and eggs, bacon and eggs." "Got anything to drink?" "Silver beer, bevo, ginger-ale..." "I mean you got anything to drink?" "Just those I said." "This is a hot town, indeed!" "What do they call it?" " Summit." " Ever hear of it, Max?" " No." "What do you do here nights?" "They eat the dinner." "They all come here and eat the big dinner." "That's right." "So you think that's right?" "Sure." "You're a pretty bright boy, aren't you?" " Sure." " Well, you're not." " Is he, Al?" " He's dumb." "What's your name?" "Adams." "Another bright boy." "Ain't he a bright boy, Max?" "The town's full of bright boys." " Which is yours?" " Don't you remember?" "Ham and eggs." "Just a bright boy." "What are you looking at?" "Nothing." "Maybe the boy meant it for a joke, Max." "You don't have to laugh." "You don't have to laugh at all, see?" "All right." "So he thinks it's all right." "That's a good one." " Oh, he's a thinker." "What's the bright boy's name down the counter?" "Hey, bright boy." "You go around on the other side of the counter with your boy friend." " What's the idea?" " You better go around." " What's the idea?" " None of your business." "Who's out in the kitchen?" " The nigger that cooks." " Tell him to come in." " What's the idea?" "Tell him to come in!" "Where do you think you are?" "We know well where we are." "Listen, tell the nigger to come out here now." "What are you going to do to him?" "Nothing." "Use your head." "What would we do to a nigger?" "Sam, come in here a minute." "What was it?" "All right, nigger." "You stand right there." "Yes, sir." "I'm going back to the kitchen... with the nigger and bright boy." "Go on back to the kitchen, nigger." "Yes, sir." "You go with him, bright boy." "Well, bright boy, why don't you say something?" "What's it all about?" "Hey, Al, bright boy wants to know what's all about." "Why don't you tell him?" "What do you think it's all about?" " I don't know." " What do you think?" "I wouldn't say." "Hey, Al, bright boy says he wouldn't what he thinks it's all about." "I can hear you, all right." "Listen, bright boy." "Stand a little further along the bar." "You move a little to the left, Max." "Talk to me, bright boy." "What do you think's going to happen?" "I'll tell you." "We're going to kill a Swede." "Do you know a big Swede named Ole Andreson?" "Yes." "He comes here to eat every night, don't he?" " Sometimes he comes here." " He comes here at six o'clock, don't he?" "If he comes." "We know all that." "Talk about something else." "Ever go to the movies?" "Once in a while." "You ought to go to the movies more." "The movies are fine for a bright boy like you." "What are you going to kill Ole Andreson for?" "What did he ever do to you?" "Nothing." "He never even seen us." "And he's only going to see us once." "What are you going to kill him for, then?" "We're killing him for a friend." "Just to oblige a friend." " Shut up." "You talk too goddam much." "Well, I got to keep bright boy amused." "Don't I?" "You talk too much." "The cook and my bright boy are amused by themselves." "If anybody comes in you tell them the cook is off." "And if they keep after it, you'll go back and cook yourself." "Do you get that?" "What you going to do with us afterward?" "That's depend." "That's one of those things you never know at the time." "Hello, George." "Can I get supper?" "Sam's gone out." "He'll be back in about half an hour." "I'd better go up the street." "That was nice, bright boy." "Will you wrap up two liver sandwiches for me, please?" "He's a nice boy." "Bright boy can do everything." "He can cook and everything." "That's as may be." "Just five minutes." "The cook is sick." "Why don't you get another cook?" "Aren't you running a lunch-counter?" "Come on, Al." "What about the two bright boys and the nigger?" "The're all right." "You talk too much." "So long, bright boy." "You got a lot of luck." "That's the truth." "You ought to play the races, bright boy." " Who is it?" " It's somebody to see you, Mr. Andreson." "It's Nick Adams." "Come in." "What was it?" "I was up at George's, and two fellows came in and tied me and the cook, and they said they were going to kill you." "They kicked us out to the kitchen." "They were going to kill you if you came." "George thought I better come and tell you about it." "There isn't anything I can do about it." "I'll tell you what they were like." "I don't want to know what they were like." "Thanks for coming to tell me about it." "That's all right." "Don't you want me to go and see the police?" "No." "That wouldn't do any good." "Isn't there something I could do?" "Nothing." "There ain't anything to do." "Maybe it was just a bluff." "No." "It ain't just a bluff." "I just can't make up my mind to go out." "I been in here all day." "Couldn't you get out of town?" "No." "I'm through with all that running around." "There ain't anything to do now." "Couldn't you fix it up some way?" "No." "I got in wrong." "There ain't anything to do." "After a while I'll make up my mind to go out." "I better go back and see George." "So long." "Thanks for coming around." " Did you see Ole?" " Yes." "He's in his room and he won't go out." "Did you tell him about it?" "Sure." "I told him but he knows what it's all about." "What's he going to do?" "Nothing." "They'll kill him." "I guess they will." "It's a hell of a thing." "It's an awful thing." "I wonder what he did?" "Double-crossed somebody." "That's what they kill them for." "I'm going to get out of this town." "Yes." "That's a good thing to do." "I can't stand to think about him waiting in the room and knowing he's going to get it." "It's too damned awful." "Well, you better not think about it." "Subtitles by Boris BULGAKOV" "The End VGIK Studio 1956"