Child 44 (2015)

Directed by

Daniel Espinosa

Genre

drama film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film

Country

Romania, Czech Republic, Russia, United Kingdom

Runtime

2h 17m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 1,833 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Soviet military security officer investigates a series of child murders in 1950s Russia. The system denies the possibility of serial crime, forcing him to work against the state.

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What happens

Child 44 is a 2015 mystery thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa, written by Richard Price, and based on Tom Rob Smith's 2008 novel of the same name. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, Paddy Considine, Jason Clarke, and Vincent Cassel. It was released on 17 April 2015. Both the novel and the film are very loosely based on the case of Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo. The film was a box office bomb, grossing just $13 million against its $50 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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