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Kind 44 (2015)

Child 44 (original title)
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A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.

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Karel Dobrý ...
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Nina Andreyeva
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Fyodor
Jana Stryková ...
Mara
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Anatoly Tarasovich Brodsky
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Zina Gubinova
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Semyon Okun
Jemma O'Brien ...
Elena Okun
Lottie Steer ...
Tamara Okun
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Based on the first of a trilogy by Tom Rob Smith and set in the Stalin era of the Soviet Union. The plot is about an idealistic pro-Stalin security officer who decides to investigate a series of child murders in a country where supposedly this sort of crime doesn't exist. The state would not hear of the existence of a child murderer let alone a serial killer. He gets demoted and exiled but decides, with just the help of his wife, to continue pursuing the case. Written by Arnold

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How do you find a killer who doesn't exist? See more »

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Rated R for violence, some disturbing images, language and a scene of sexuality | See all certifications »

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4 June 2015 (Germany)  »

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Kind 44  »

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$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$621,812 (USA) (17 April 2015)

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$1,206,135 (USA) (8 May 2015)
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This is the third time that Gary Oldman will be portraying a soldier for Russia/Soviet Union. The other two were Air Force One (1997) and two "Call of Duty" games. See more »

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During the fight between Anatoly and Leo, Anatoly's shirt rides up just as he stabs himself. The knife does not go through the shirt. But in a later scene where he is taken away a bloody hole in his shirt is seen. See more »

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[first lines]
Tortoise: Your father?
Young Leo Demidov: [yes]
Tortoise: Dead?
Young Leo Demidov: [yes]
Tortoise: What's your name?
Young Leo Demidov: I don't want it any more.
Tortoise: I'll give you a new one. Leo. Like a lion.
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Just to counter the ones who downvoted out of pure grief.
17 April 2015 | by (Norway) – See all my reviews

I'd say amusement-wise this movie is worth 7.5 out of 10. The story holds his own and apart from the accents that might perhaps now and then throw of some authentic feel the movie is certainly enjoyable.

Since the book in itself is superb, and by no means historically 100% accurate as the writer Tom Rob Smith also wrote in the last pages of the book, so no need for anyone to get their panties in a twist.

Of course the same goes for me, so I will try to be as little judgmental as possible.

That Stalin is responsible for the deaths of millions of Russians, is still today for many Russians a form of western propaganda.

Having had a Russian girlfriend a couple of years ago at her hometown somewhere in Russia (It's precise town is irrelevant) me, a few friends of mine and her sister were having a drink and a laugh in her apartment.

At some point we all had to name a historic person who was important to our country and someone we saw as role model, hero or whatever.

When my girlfriend's (19 year old) sister named Stalin I first assumed she began to develop a sense of sarcasm and I laughed at what I expected to be a joke. This infuriated her and so the game was suddenly over. Any arguments made in my defense by me and my friends mentioning some of Stalin's gruesome crimes committed upon his own people were received as US propaganda/Western lies.

What some people also here fail to realize is that this is no Hollywood propaganda. The sequel of the book is called Kolyma, are those gulag camps western propaganda also? For the purpose of exaggeration: I wonder if Nazi Germany had not been defeated during world war 2, would we see many people here at IMDb (in a post-NAZI Germany) 70+ years later commenting on movies like Schindler's List or The Grey Zone, only to paint them with the same brush of Western propaganda?

For some: please don't watch this movie if you have font memories of the Soviet Era.

For everyone else: It's a nice flick with a great cast, go watch it!


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