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Child 44

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

6.3(1,875)20152h 17m8

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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Status
Released
Budget
$50M
Box office
$13M
Language
English
  • based on novel or book
  • child murder
  • soviet union
  • murder
  • serial killer
  • military
  • stalinism
  • 1950s

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR17 Apr 2015
    • PhysicalRDVD, Blu-ray4 Aug 2015
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1516 Apr 2015
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA 15+23 Jul 2015
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical (limited)1615 Mar 2015
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1615 Mar 2015
  • BulgariaBG

    • TheatricalC17 Apr 2015
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+28 May 2015
  • DenmarkDK

    • Physical1520 Aug 2015
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1215 Apr 2015
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical164 Jun 2015
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical1616 Apr 2015
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical1616 Apr 2015

Frequently asked questions

Child 44 was released on 15 March 2015.

Audience reviews

3
  • R

    Reno

    10/4/2016

    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 investi…

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    12/17/2022

    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 all…

  • G

    GenerationofSwine

    1/12/2023

    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 comm…

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