--- title: U.S. Thriller 'Child 44' Banned For Depicting Russia as 'Sub-human' description: Russian officials said the movie, starring Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman, portrayed Russia as a "sort of Mordor" inhabited by "sub-humans." canonical: https://time.com/3824664/child-44-russia-tom-hardy-gary-oldman-suhbhumans/ author: Kevin McSpadden article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-16T08:59:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:15.776Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: U.S. Thriller Banned for Depicting Russia as 'Sub-human' og:description: Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman fail to impress Moscow officials og:url: https://time.com/3824664/child-44-russia-tom-hardy-gary-oldman-suhbhumans/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5da2a980714ead66/6987eb650b72e383606e1830/tom-hardy-child-44-blocked.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: In this image released by Lionsgate, Tom Hardy appears in a scene from the film, "Child 44." og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: U.S. Thriller Banned for Depicting Russia as 'Sub-human' twitter:description: Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman fail to impress Moscow officials twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5da2a980714ead66/6987eb650b72e383606e1830/tom-hardy-child-44-blocked.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Russia Bans Hollywood Thriller For Depicting It as a Nation of 'Defective Sub-Humans' > Sponsored content. 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In this image released by Lionsgate, Tom Hardy appears in a scene from the film, "Child 44."Larry Horricks—AP by [Kevin McSpadden](https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Apr 16, 2015 8:59 AM UTC The Russian Ministry of Culture [canceled](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU%5FRUSSIA%5FMOVIE%5FBLOCKED?SITE=MOSTP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-04-15-12-36-09) the local premiere of the _Child 44_ on Wednesday, saying the movie portrayed Russia as “a sort of Mordor, populated by physically and morally defective sub-humans.” Produced by Lionsgate, _Child 44_ stars Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman and depicts a Soviet officer (Hardy) as he investigates a series of gruesome child murders in 1953, according to the Associated Press. The distribution company, Central Partnership, supported the decision and in a [statement](http://www.centpart.ru/en/news/523) accused the film of misrepresenting facts that “took place before, during and after the Second World War” and of making a false “portrayal of Soviet people living at that time.” The decision raised concerns that film distributors will begin to self-censor to avoid having a movie premiere cancelled. “It’s clear that now, if \[a film\] is about history, it has to correspond to some system of coordinates,” film distributor Alexander Rodnyansky told Russian [media ](http://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-release-of-hollywood-thriller-child-44-canceled-1429122332)translated by the _Wall Street Journal_. “Now the self-censorship will begin: Many people will start being afraid to buy and distribute films here.” _Child 44_ will be released in the United States on April 17. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3824664/child-44-russia-tom-hardy-gary-oldman-suhbhumans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3824664/child-44-russia-tom-hardy-gary-oldman-suhbhumans/"},"headline":"Russia Bans Hollywood Thriller For Depicting It as a Nation of 'Defective Sub-Humans'","datePublished":"2015-04-16T08:59:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:05:15.776Z","description":"Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman fail to impress officials in Moscow","url":"https://time.com/3824664/child-44-russia-tom-hardy-gary-oldman-suhbhumans/","keywords":["movies","putin","russia","Hollywood","World War II","Censorship","entertainment","Vladamir Putin","Soviet Union","Tom Hardy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5da2a980714ead66/6987eb650b72e383606e1830/tom-hardy-child-44-blocked.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin McSpadden","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5da2a980714ead66/6987eb650b72e383606e1830/tom-hardy-child-44-blocked.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"In this image released by Lionsgate, Tom Hardy appears in a scene from the film, \"Child 44.\"","caption":"In this image released by Lionsgate, Tom Hardy appears in a scene from the film, \"Child 44.\"","creditText":"Larry Horricks—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3824664/child-44-russia-tom-hardy-gary-oldman-suhbhumans/","name":"Russia Bans Hollywood Thriller For Depicting It as a Nation of 'Defective Sub-Humans'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Child 44 Official Trailer #1 (2015) - Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman Movie HD","description":"Watch the official trailer for Child 44 starring Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/VN5YEmDo/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-16T04:16:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/VN5YEmDo.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3824664/child-44-russia-tom-hardy-gary-oldman-suhbhumans/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3824664/child-44-russia-tom-hardy-gary-oldman-suhbhumans/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```