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Two Prosecutors

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The latest film from the great Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa (My Joy) is a scalpel-precise tale of the horrors of totalitarian bureaucracy. Adapting a novel by Soviet writer and political prisoner Georgy Demidov, set in the Soviet Union in 1937, Loznitsa follows the attempts of an idealistic government-appointed prosecutor (Alexander Kuznetsov) to expose the mistreatment of a dissident Bolshevik writer who has been jailed and tortured without evidence of wrongdoing. As he gradually comes to realize, the lack of cause for the man's imprisonment is hardly unique under Stalin’s regime, and the neophyte lawyer may be putting himself in danger by exposing his own moral righteousness. Loznitsa constructs his story with a patient yet unmistakable sense of mounting dread, focusing on the devastating minutiae that allows fascism to function in our world.
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Anchored by Sergei Loznitsa's impeccable staging and Aleksandr Kuznetsov's haunting performance, Two Prosecutors delivers its chilling portrait of bureaucratic deception and lost idealism with quiet, unsettling power.

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Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News 15h
3.5/4
It sheds light on history so we don’t forget it but do learn from it. It’s the work of a true artist. Go to Full Review Jake Coyle Associated Press 16h
3.5/4
Beyond any direct lines of connection between past and present, “Two Prosecutors” has the neatness and timelessness of a parable, one that Gogol might have written, and one that could resonate in any era where the naively courageous challenge fascism. Go to Full Review Michael Brooke Sight & Sound 16h
Its study of the mechanism of total oppression and the cynical sidelining of a once-respected legal system resonates well beyond the 1930s. Go to Full Review Maxance Vincent Film Speak 14h
B+
The predictability of Loznitsa’s film might hamper the final moment where Kornyev’s fate is sealed, but it still doesn’t make the movie any less impactful. Go to Full Review Luis Martínez El Mundo (Spain) 16h
4/5
The hyperactive director completes his most refined and sober work, although just as desolate and visceral as his entire essential filmography. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Thomas S @RT53929595 Dec 5 Deux procureurs » en dit long sur la nature humaine, et met en lumière l’une de ces innombrables histoires oubliées. Ces visages de sadiques — où les ont-ils dénichés ? — donnent au film une intensité presque dérangeante. Il y a quelque chose, dans cet univers sombre et implacable, qui résonne profondément en moi. Une œuvre qui marque et qui interroge. See more dlma1 M @dlma1 Nov 5 I saw this film at the AFI Film Festival in Hollywood. From Slovakia, this drama takes place in the USSR of 1937, when a young prosecutor tries to investigate abuse of a loyal party member, who has been unfairly imprisoned. Period recreations of the USSR at the time are very good along with atmosphere of despair that pervaded Russia that the time. A tense drama, but with a predictable conclusion that I saw coming from a mile away. 6/10 See more Read all reviews
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Sergei Loznitsa

Director

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Alexander Kornev

Aleksandr Filippenko

Stepniak

Anatoliy Belyy

Vyshynsky

Andris Keiss

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Vytautas Kaniusonis

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Synopsis The latest film from the great Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa (My Joy) is a scalpel-precise tale of the horrors of totalitarian bureaucracy. Adapting a novel by Soviet writer and political prisoner Georgy Demidov, set in the Soviet Union in 1937, Loznitsa follows the attempts of an idealistic government-appointed prosecutor (Alexander Kuznetsov) to expose the mistreatment of a dissident Bolshevik writer who has been jailed and tortured without evidence of wrongdoing. As he gradually comes to realize, the lack of cause for the man's imprisonment is hardly unique under Stalin’s regime, and the neophyte lawyer may be putting himself in danger by exposing his own moral righteousness. Loznitsa constructs his story with a patient yet unmistakable sense of mounting dread, focusing on the devastating minutiae that allows fascism to function in our world.
Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Producer
Kevin Chneiweiss
Screenwriter
Sergei Loznitsa
Distributor
Janus Films
Production Co
Studio Uljana Kim, SBS Productions, LooksFilm, Atoms & Void, White Picture
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
Russian
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 20, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 57m