Child 44

The film is based on the first book of the trilogy, the events of which develop during the era of Joseph Stalin's rule. The main character of the film is Lev Demidov, an intelligence officer who is in the crosshairs of the government. He must conduct a series of investigations to find a maniac, each news of which means that he has killed another child. At the same time, the authorities deny the existence of such deaths and demote a conscientious officer. After all, such crimes simply cannot take place in an ideal society. Demidov has no choice but to conduct his own investigation and find more and more strange evidence. Read more Previously, Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman had already played together and "No. 44" became their fourth joint work. At the same time, Christian Bale tried out for the role of Lev Demydov (Hardy) during the casting process. Vincent Cassel replaced the deceased Philip Seymour Hoffman. Speaking Russian is not the first experience for Oldman. Any avid gamer will recognize in his voice Sergeant Reznov, a character from the video game "Call Of Duty World At War". As already mentioned in the description, the source for the script was the plot described by the British Tom Rob Smith. The author was inspired by the search for the famous maniac Chikatil to create such a story. Following these events, the book/film shows the inferiority of the bureaucratic machine in Soviet times, while Andrii Chikatilo was already being sought closer to the nineties. You can draw parallels when watching the movie "X-Citizen" (1995). The book of the trilogy was turned into a movie in 2008. The main filming of the thriller "No. 44" began in June 2013. Locations in Prague served as the place of work. When the script was written, no one could know for sure whether the film would be made. The fact was that the film was included in the "black list" of scenarios that could not justify the money spent on filming.