Two Prosecutors

Zwei Staatsanwälte

Inspired by the story of a gulag survivor, Sergei Loznitsa’s masterful return to fiction is a chilling portrayal of the labyrinthic nature of navigating corrupt systems.

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Credits

  • Director-screenwriter

    Sergei Loznitsa

  • With

    Alexander Kuznetsov, Anatoly Beliy, Vytautas Kaniušonis

  • France-Germany-Netherlands-Latvia-Romania-Lithuania 2025. 118min

  • Courtesy of

    Curzon Film

  • Language

    Russian

    With English subtitles

Introduction

It’s 1937 and Stalinism has reached its peak. Kornyev, a young prosecutor, attempts to seek justice for a prisoner trying to expose corruption within the regime’s secret police, only to embark on a Kafka-like odyssey that increases the threat to his liberty with every step he takes. Claustrophobic and austere, with excellent performances and a restrained aesthetic, this is a devastating account of life under totalitarianism.

Diana Cipriano

With thanks to Unifrance

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