History Film / Child44

* ArcWords: "There is no murder in paradise."

* WouldHurtAChild: The premise of the film.

** PrettyLittleHeadshots: Averted. There's a fairly graphic blood spray every time someone is shot in the head.

** CerebusCallBack: See MeetCute.

* {{Determinator}}: Leo. Exiled, demoted, tortured, attacked and almost killed while he can barely stand and then forced to jump off a moving train afterwards so none of the other passengers can finish the job, and he still manages to track down the killer responsible for the deaths of the young boys. After all of ''that'', he gets stabbed in the side during the climatic fight, and still gets back on his feet to finish [[spoiler: Vasili]].

* DirtyCoward: Vasili, see TheNeidermeyer below.

* MilesGloriosus: Vasili, see TheNeidermeyer below.

* SmugSnake: Vasili.

* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: The serial killer]].

''Child 44'' is a 2015 mystery thriller film, based on the novel by Tom Rob Smith, which was loosely based on the real-life murders by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Chikatilo "Rostov Ripper"]]. It was directed by Creator/DanielEspinoza and stars Creator/TomHardy, Creator/NoomiRapace, Creator/GaryOldman and Creator/MarkLewisJones.

* WhatTheHellIsthatAccent: The cast's FakeRussian accents sound nothing like Russians speaking English.

''Child 44'' is a 2015 mystery thriller film, based on the novel by Tom Rob Smith, which was loosely based on the real-life murders by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Chikatilo "Rostov Ripper"]]. It stars Creator/TomHardy, Creator/NoomiRapace, Creator/GaryOldman and Creator/MarkLewisJones.

* AdultFear: Young boys are disappearing and turning up dead with no explanation.

''Child 44'' is a 2015 mystery thriller film, based on the novel by Tom Rob Smith, which was loosely based on the real-life murders by the "Rostov Ripper." It stars Creator/TomHardy, Creator/NoomiRapace, Creator/GaryOldman and Creator/MarkLewisJones.

* DoubleSpeak: Alexei Andreyev eventually comes to believe that his son died in a tragic accident, not a murder.

* MeetCute: Subverted. This is what Leo ''thinks'' their first meeting was, and that Raisa only gave him a fake name because she was being coy. [[spoiler: She doesn't tell him until years later that it was actually because he was wearing an MBG uniform and she was terrified of him.]]

* TheNeidermeyer: Vasili, especially in the World War II opening that in contrast to the courageous and valorous Leo Demidov, who actually fought in the Reichstag, Vasili just [[DirtyCoward hides away from combat]]. Then when the action shifts to 1953, Vasili attempts to abuse his power of authority by inflicting brutality to anyone that opposes the Stalin rule, such as Vasili's execution of the little girls' parents much to Leo's dismay.

''Child 44'' is a 2015 mystery thriller film, based on the novel by Tom Rob Smith, which was loosely based on the real-life murders by the "Rostov Ripper." It stars Creator/TomHardy, Creator/NoomiRapace, and Creator/GaryOldman.

* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII: The opening features UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets fighting UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons in the Reichstag, along with taking the famous picture of the red banner over Berlin.

''Child 44'' is a 2015 mystery thriller film, based on the novel by Tom Rob Smith, which was loosely based on the real-life murders by the "Rostov Ripper." It stars Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and Gary Oldman.

* BuryYourGays / DrivenToSuicide: In-Universe example, as homosexuality is a crime in Russia; Alexander, the young ticketmaster, steps in front of a train the day after being forced to give up the names of several other homosexuals.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The movie never reveals the fate of Leo's parents or whether they also faced any repercussions over Leo's refusal to denounce Raisa. This omission is jarring because there was an earlier scene which emphatically stated that they, along with Leo and Raisa, were likely to be killed.[[note]]Worth noting that the first cut of the movie was five and a half hours long, so there may have been a resolution there that simply didn't make the final cut.[[/note]]
--> "Four lives against one."

* ArcWords: "There's no murder in paradise."

* BuryYourGays: In-Universe example, as homosexuality was considered a crime in Communist Russia.
* CallBack: While chasing a dissident, Leo and his men find a family living in a farm house who were briefly sheltering him. Unfortunately, he's unable to stop Vasili from shooting the parents, leaving the two girls as orphans. At the end of the film. Leo and his wife find the two girls and adopt them.

* {{Determinator}}: Leo. Exiled, demoted, tortured, attacked and almost killed while he can still barely stand and forced to jump off a moving train afterwards so no one can finish the job, and he still manages to track down the killer responsible for the deaths of the young boys.

* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Averted. There's a fairly graphic blood spray every time someone is shot in the head.

* TheStarscream: Vasili, who, after taking away Leo's house and job occupation, takes the pleasure to hunt down his former MGB colleague Leo, when he and his wife are labeled fugitives from justice, just to gain his own glory like how Leo got his during the Second World War.

* SmugSnake: Vasili.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Vasili shoots [[spoiler: Alexei]] in the back after learning where Leo likely went.

* FakeRussian: None of the main cast are Russian natives.

* BiggerBad: Major Kuzmin, as he is Vasili's co-conspirator and superior.

* DirtyCommunists: The main characters are all members of the Soviet internal security forces. However, Vasili and the BiggerBad Major Kuzmin really fit into this.

* DirtyCommunists: The main characters are all members of the Soviet internal security forces. However, Vasili and the BiggerBad Major Kuzmin really fits into this.

* DirtyCommunists: The main characters are all members of the Soviet internal security forces.

* SecretPolice / StateSec: The MGB, whose job is to find people whose loyalty is in question.

''Child 44'' is a 2015 mystery thriller film, based on the novel by Tom Rob Smith, which was loosely based on the real-life murders by the "Rostov Ripper."

* CallBack: While chasing a dissident, Leo and his men find a family living in a farm house. Unfortunately, he's unable to stop Vasili from shooting the parents, leaving the two girls orphans. At the end of the film. Leo and his wife find the two girls and adopt them.