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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. [4] .
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Child 44 (published in 2008) is a thriller novel by British writer Tom Rob Smith. This is the first novel in a trilogy featuring former MGB Agent Leo Demidov, who investigates a series of gruesome child murders in Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union.
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- Thriller
- Tom Rob Smith
- 2008 (Simon & Schuster)
Apr 8, 2015 · 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.
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Apr 17, 2015 · The USSR’s main orphan in “Child 44” is Leo Demidov (Tom Hardy). His parents died in the Holodomor famine in the Ukraine in the 1930s, but he found a new family within Russian military, and was deemed a war hero when seen on newspapers brandishing a Soviet flag after the Reichstag in 1945.
Feb 13, 2023 · Child 44 is a psychological and political thriller novel by British author Tom Rob Smith. The novel tells the story of Soviet secret police officer Leo Demidov, who must confront a serial killer on his own when his superiors refuse to believe there even is one. The real-life events that inspired Smith’s novel were actually much more sinister ...
Apr 16, 2015 · The plot is enticing, too: it’s a based-on-a-true-story murder mystery that takes place in Stalinist Russia, a nation state so perfect that, at least politically, murder simply cannot...
Apr 17, 2015 · Crime Drama History. A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union. Director. Daniel Espinosa. Writers. Richard Price. Tom Rob Smith. Stars. Tom Hardy. Gary Oldman. Noomi Rapace. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. RENT/BUY. from $3.99. Add to Watchlist.
