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Child 44
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Child 44 is a 2015 thriller, drama, mystery, and crime film directed by Daniel Espinosa. The cast includes Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, and Gary Oldman. Produced by Ridley Scott, Greg Shapiro, and Michael Schaefer, the movie was written by Richard Price and Tom Rob Smith, based on a work by Tom Rob Smith. Jon Ekstrand composed the score, while Philippe Rousselot and Oliver Wood served as directors of photography. The film was distributed by Summit Entertainment and Netflix.
Set in the Soviet Union and Moscow, the narrative deals with a serial killer and the Holodomor. Principal photography took place in the Czech Republic and Prague. The original language is English, and the production involved the United States, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, and Romania. The film has a runtime of 137 minutes. It received a rating of 6.4 on IMDb and 6.286 on TMDb.
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Film · TMDB
6.3Set 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.
Cast
- Tom Hardy as Leo Demidov
- Gary Oldman as General Mikhail Nesterov
- Noomi Rapace as Raisa Demidov
- Fares Fares as Alexei Andreyev
- Joel Kinnaman as Vasili
- Paddy Considine as Vladimir Malevich
Themes
- based on novel or book
- child murder
- soviet union
- murder
- serial killer
- military
- stalinism
- 1950s
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Daniel Espinosa
- Screenplay by
- Richard Price
- Based on
- Child 44 , by Tom Rob Smith
- Produced by
- Ridley Scott Michael Schaefer Greg Shapiro
- Starring
- Tom Hardy Gary Oldman Noomi Rapace Joel Kinnaman Paddy Considine Jason Clarke Vincent Cassel
- Cinematography
- Oliver Wood
- Edited by
- Pietro Scalia Dylan Tichenor
- Music by
- Jon Ekstrand
- Production companies
- Summit Entertainment Worldview Entertainment Scott Free Productions
- Distributed by
- Lionsgate (United States) Entertainment One (United Kingdom) Bontonfilm (Czech Republic) Ro Image 2000 (Romania)
- Release date
- 17 April 2015 ( 2015-04-17 )
- Running time
- 137 minutes
- Countries
- United States United Kingdom Czech Republic Romania Russia
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $13 million
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Plot
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