The Alienist

The Alienist

2018 · TV · Latest ep Aug 9, 2020

48 min per episode English Scripted Ended

735 votes

DramaCrimeMystery

New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.

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Showing 10 of 35 countries.

Cast, directors & writers

Daniel Brühl

Laszlo Kreizler

Luke Evans

John Moore

Dakota Fanning

Sara Howard

Matthew Shear

Lucius Isaacson

Brian Geraghty

Theodore Roosevelt

Douglas Smith

Marcus Isaacson

Robert Wisdom

Cyrus Montrose

Rosy McEwen

Libby Hatch

David Wilmot

Captain Connor

Melanie Field

Bitsy Sussman

Q'orianka Kilcher

Mary Palmer

Matt Lintz

Stevie Taggert

Ted Levine

Thomas Byrnes

Sara Vickers

Jane Gooding

Lewin Lloyd

Beansie

Jacob James Beswick

Young Roundsman

Clare Calbraith

Mrs. Zweig

Jack Kesy

Henry Wolff

Emanuela Postacchini

Flora

Joe Bone

Police Clerk

David Caffrey

Director

Clare Kilner

Director

Jakob Verbruggen

Director

Paco Cabezas

Director

Jamie Payne

Director

James Hawes

Director

David Petrarca

Director

Caleb Carr

Writer

Gina Gionfriddo

Writer

Hossein Amini

Writer

Stuart Carolan

Writer

E. Max Frye

Writer

John Sayles

Writer

Karina Wolf

Writer

Alyson Feltes

Writer

Cary Joji Fukunaga

Writer

Chase Palmer

Writer

Tom Smuts

Writer

Amy Berg

Writer

Keywords

new york city based on novel or book serial killer historical fiction period drama mental illness private detective criminal investigation newspaper reporter detective agency 19th century

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