Trivia / Child 44

• Banned in China: The movie was blocked from official theatrical release in Russia and several ex-Soviet republics due to its less than positive depiction of the former USSR. In particular, the Russian minister of culture accused the filmmakers of vilifying the USSR as Dirty Communists living in Mordor, and using Artistic License – History to transport the acts of real life serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, which occurred during the tail end of the USSR, into the period of Josef Stalin.
• Box Office Bomb: It grossed just $13 million against its $50 million budget.
• Fake Russian: Pretty much the entire cast, using heavily accented English to boot.

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