
Blitz(2011)
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.


“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.

Tom Hardy
Leo Demidov

Gary Oldman
General Mikhail Nesterov

Noomi Rapace
Raisa Demidov

Fares Fares
Alexei Andreyev

Joel Kinnaman
Vasili

Paddy Considine
Vladimir Malevich

Jason Clarke
Anatoly Brodsky

Mark Lewis Jones
Tortoise

Vincent Cassel
Major Kuzmin

Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Ivan Sukov
Child 44 is a crime, thriller film released in 2015 exploring themes of based on novel or book, child murder, soviet union, murder, serial killer, military. Directed by Daniel Espinosa, it stars Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace. 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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