[PAR] [TLE] Child 44 (film) [SEP] Child 44 is a 2015 mystery thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa, written by Richard Price, and based on Tom Rob Smith's 2008 novel of the same name.  The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, Paddy Considine, Jason Clarke, and Vincent Cassel.  It was released on 17 April 2015.  Both the novel and the film are very loosely based on the case of Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, who had been portrayed in the earlier film "Citizen X". [PAR] [TLE] Andrei Chikatilo [SEP] Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (Russian: Андрей Романович Чикатило , Ukrainian: Андрій Романович Чикатило ; 16 October 1936 – 14 February 1994) was a Soviet serial killer, nicknamed the Butcher of Rostov, the Red Ripper, and the Rostov Ripper, who committed the sexual assault, murder, and mutilation of at least 52 women and children between 1978 and 1990 in the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the Uzbek SSR.  Chikatilo confessed to a total of 56 murders and was tried for 53 of these killings in April 1992.  He was convicted and sentenced to death for 52 of these murders in October 1992 and subsequently executed in February 1994.
[PAR] [TLE] Child 44 ( film ) [ SEP ] Child 44 is a 2015 mystery thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa , written by Richard Price , and based on Tom Rob Smith 's 2008 novel of the same name . The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Tom Hardy , Gary Oldman , Noomi Rapace , Joel Kinnaman , Paddy Considine , Jason Clarke , and Vincent Cassel . It was released on 17 April 2015 . Both the novel and the film are very loosely based on the case of Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo , who had been portrayed in the earlier film " Citizen X " . [PAR] [TLE] Andrei Chikatilo [ SEP ] Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo ( Russian : Андрей Романович Чикатило , Ukrainian : Андрій Романович Чикатило ; 16 October 1936 – 14 February 1994 ) was a Soviet serial killer , nicknamed the Butcher of Rostov , the Red Ripper , and the Rostov Ripper , who committed the sexual assault , murder , and mutilation of at least 52 women and children between 1978 and 1990 in the Russian SFSR , the Ukrainian SSR and the Uzbek SSR . Chikatilo confessed to a total of 56 murders and was tried for 53 of these killings in April 1992 . He was convicted and sentenced to death for 52 of these murders in October 1992 and subsequently executed in February 1994 .
Child 44 is loosely based on the case of the killer who confessed to how many murders?
Child 44 is loosely based on the case of the killer who confessed to how many murders ?
56
56