Two Prosecutors
Against all expectations, one of those letters reaches its destination: the desk of Alexander Kornyev, a young, newly appointed local prosecutor. Kornyev does everything he can to meet the prisoner, the heavily guarded party veteran Stepnyak. As a devoted Bolshevik with a strong sense of integrity, he suspects that something is wrong. Kornyev decides to travel to Moscow to present the case to the chief prosecutor. However, in his search for justice, he quickly learns the brutal logic of a totalitarian regime.
Two Prosecutors is a gripping political drama that takes us back to the era of the great Stalinist purges in Russia. The acclaimed director Sergei Loznitsa based his film on a novella by Georgy Demidov, a political prisoner who spent fourteen years in a gulag. The result is a suffocating portrait of tyrannical social control with strong contemporary relevance. At a time when the independence of the judiciary and the value of truth are once again under pressure, Kornyev’s quest for justice feels like a timely warning. Two Prosecutors premiered at Cannes Film Festival, where it competed in the main competition, and was subsequently met with critical acclaim from the international press.
- Direction
- Sergey Loznitsa
- Cast
- Aleksandr Kuznetsov
- Duration
- 117 min
- RELEASE
- Thu 30 Apr
- Year
- 2025
- Country
- France, Germany, The Netherlands
- Language
- Russian, Ukrainian
- Subtitles
- Dutch