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6.3/10 2015 2h 17m Released

How do you find a killer who doesn’t exist?

Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.

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Top Cast

Tom Hardy
Tom Hardy
Leo Demidov
Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman
General Mikhail Nesterov
Noomi Rapace
Noomi Rapace
Raisa Demidov
Fares Fares
Fares Fares
Alexei Andreyev
Joel Kinnaman
Joel Kinnaman
Vasili
Paddy Considine
Paddy Considine
Vladimir Malevich
Jason Clarke
Jason Clarke
Anatoly Brodsky
Mark Lewis Jones
Mark Lewis Jones
Tortoise
Vincent Cassel
Vincent Cassel
Major Kuzmin
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Ivan Sukov
Charles Dance
Charles Dance
Major Grachev
Xavier Atkins
Xavier Atkins
Young Leo Demidov
Karel Dobrý
Karel Dobrý
Photographer
Agnieszka Grochowska
Agnieszka Grochowska
Nina Andreyeva
Petr Vaněk
Petr Vaněk
Fyodor
Jana Stryková
Jana Stryková
Mara

Reviews

Reno 5/10

**A war hero who turned a police officer struggles with his departmental feud.** It is a strange title. In the narration as well it does not properly reveals, more like an approximate count of something. It is a Russian story, I mean the Russian characters and the locations. It begins after the world war two, in Moscow, a top police officer caught between the departmental politics and a case. After the his…

Filipe Manuel Neto 7/10

**An overly ambitious film, but still an interesting one.** Honestly, I expected a little more from this movie. I found it on television, just by chance, but I had already heard about it, I'm not sure for what purpose, but I had the impression that it was a very good film. It's not as good as I expected, as it gets a little lost between politics and police mystery, and that ends up compromising the pace. It…

GenerationofSwine 5/10

Despite Oldman's involvement, it lacks all the dark charm of HBO's Citizen X. There is less of a dual examination of both the system of the USSR and Chikatilo, and the film suffers from that. It's a little less compelling, the situation that unravels seems more incompetent than meddled. And the commentary that is left is more of the "this is what life was like under communism" and less of the "this is how the…

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FAQ about Child 44

What is Child 44 about?
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
When was Child 44 released?
Child 44 was released in 2015.
What genres does Child 44 belong to?
Child 44 is categorised as Crime, Thriller.
Who stars in Child 44?
The cast of Child 44 includes Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Fares Fares, Joel Kinnaman.