Child 44

A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union. A politically-charged serial killer thriller set in 1953 Soviet Russia, Child 44 chronicles the crisis of conscience for secret police agent Leo Demidov [Tom Hardy], who loses status, power and home when he refuses to denounce his own wife, Raisa [Noomi Rapace], as a traitor. Exiled from Moscow to a grim provincial outpost, Leo and Raisa join forces with General Mikhail Nesterov [Gary Oldman] to track down a serial killer who preys on young boys. Their quest for justice threatens a system-wide cover-up enforced by Leo's psychopathic rival Vasili [Joel Kinnaman], who insists "There is no crime in Paradise."

Keywords

  • Serial Killers
  • Vincent Cassel

Actors

  • Noomi Rapace
  • Jason Clark
  • Paddy Considine
  • Tom Hardy
  • Vincent Cassel
  • Gary Oldman
  • Charles Dance
  • Joel Kinnaman

Director

  • Daniel Espinosa

Thriller

2h 18min

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United States
Romania
2015
A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.

A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.


A politically-charged serial killer thriller set in 1953 Soviet Russia, Child 44 chronicles the crisis of conscience for secret police agent Leo Demidov [Tom Hardy], who loses status, power and home when he refuses to denounce his own wife, Raisa [Noomi Rapace], as a traitor. Exiled from Moscow to a grim provincial outpost, Leo and Raisa join forces with General Mikhail Nesterov [Gary Oldman] to track down a serial killer who preys on young boys. Their quest for justice threatens a system-wide cover-up enforced by Leo's psychopathic rival Vasili [Joel Kinnaman], who insists "There is no crime in Paradise."

Cast & Crew