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.
Child 44 (2015) is a crime and thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa, released on March 15, 2015 with a runtime of 2h 17m. It stars Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace and Fares Fares. Viewers rate it 6.3 out of 10 across 1,856 ratings.
Watch the official trailer for Child 44 before you stream it.
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
Jason Clarke
as Anatoly Brodsky
Mark Lewis Jones
as Tortoise
Vincent Cassel
as Major Kuzmin
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
as Ivan Sukov
Charles Dance
as Major Grachev
Xavier Atkins
as Young Leo Demidov
Directed by Daniel Espinosa, written by Richard Price and Tom Rob Smith, produced by Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Greg Shapiro.
Average viewer score of 6.3/10 from 1,856 ratings.
**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…
Reviewed on October 4, 2016
**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 all…
Reviewed on December 17, 2022
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…
Reviewed on January 12, 2023
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Child 44 (2015) is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels, Amazon Prime Video with Ads and Howdy Amazon Channel, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Child 44 (2015) includes Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Fares Fares and Joel Kinnaman. The film was directed by Daniel Espinosa. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Child 44 was released on March 15, 2015 and runs for 2h 17m.
Child 44 (2015) holds an average rating of 6.3 out of 10 from 1,856 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy crime and thriller films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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