The Alienist

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On Netflix: April 19, 2018

1h 0m | Drama, Television


In 1896 New York City, young boy prostitutes dress up as little girls in order to please their male clients. When a number of these young boys are turning up dead at the hands of a sadistic serial killer, police commissioner Teddy Roosevelt (Brian Geraghty) assigns Dr. Laszlo Kreizler (Daniel Brühl), a brilliant criminal psychologist, to work on the investigation. 

Kreizler is assisted by his old friend, New York Times illustrator John Moore (Luke Evans), and strong-willed police secretary Sara Howard (Dakota Fanning), the first woman ever employed by the NYPD. 

Based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Caleb Carr.
Director: David Petrarca, Paco Cabezas, Jakob Verbruggen
Studio: Netflix
Cast: Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans, Dakota Fanning, Brian Geraghty, Q'orianka Kilcher, Douglas Smith, Robert Wisdom, Matt Lintz, David Wilmot, Michael Ironside, Grace Zabriskie, Sean Young
Writer(s): Caleb Carr, Hossein Amini, E. Max Frye, John Sayles, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Gina Gionfriddo, Chase Palmer
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