The Alienist 

Newspaper illustrator John Moore meets with criminal psychologist (alienist) Dr. Laszlo Kreizler to investigate a serial killer in New York during the late 19th century.

Stars:

Daniel Brühl, Dakota Fanning, Luke Evans

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 7 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Daniel Brühl	...	Laszlo Kreizler 10 episodes, 2018
Luke Evans	...	John Moore 10 episodes, 2018
Brian Geraghty	...	Theodore Roosevelt 10 episodes, 2018
Robert Wisdom	...	Cyrus Montrose 10 episodes, 2018
Douglas Smith	...	Marcus Isaacson 10 episodes, 2018
Matthew Shear	...	Lucius Isaacson 10 episodes, 2018
Q'orianka Kilcher	...	Mary Palmer 10 episodes, 2018
Matt Lintz	...	Stevie Taggert 10 episodes, 2018
Dakota Fanning	...	Sara Howard 10 episodes, 2018
David Wilmot	...	Captain Connor 10 episodes, 2018
Martin McCreadie	...	Sergeant Doyle 8 episodes, 2018
Ted Levine	...	Thomas Byrnes 7 episodes, 2018
Daisy Bevan	...	Esther 5 episodes, 2018
Jackson Gann	...	Joseph / ... 5 episodes, 2018

Storyline

The Alienist opens when a series of haunting, gruesome murders of boy prostitutes grips New York City. Newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt (Geraghty) calls upon criminal psychologist (aka alienist) Dr. Laszlo Kreizler (Brühl) and newspaper illustrator John Moore (Evans) to conduct the investigation in secret. They are joined by Sara Howard (Fanning), a headstrong secretary determined to become the city's first female police detective. Using the emerging disciplines of psychology and early forensic investigation techniques, this band of social outsiders set out to find and apprehend one of New York City's first serial killers.

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Plot Keywords:

1890s | psychologist | serial killer | new york city | reporter | 

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Taglines:

Madness Lies Within

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 January 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alienista

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anonymous Content

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

An alienist is a term for a psychiatrist who assesses the competence of a defendant in a law court.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Trevor Noah/Dakota Fanning/Jeff Dye (2018)

User Reviews

Probably lucky I never read the book.

I've noticed a pattern in the reviews. Fans of the book seem to really hate the series. I think that's always the case except maybe for Jaws. So I had no expectations. I didn't know anything about the characters or the plot. So I was able to really enjoy watching the arc of the characters and the plot unfold. They did a fantastic job of immersing the viewer into the time period. You really got a sense of what life was like back then for both the poor and the privileged. I thought the chase of the killer played out perfectly. The last episode was very tense and suspenseful. I saw that John Sales was a producer on this, which makes sense because all his films seem to have period and setting as characters. All the performances were spot on. All the young boys were terrific and I though Dakota Fanning was sublime.