zo 3 mei 2026
Film – Sergey Loznitsa
Two Prosecutors — English subs
Soviet Union, 1937. In a prison cell, thousands of letters from wrongly accused prisoners—pleading for legal assistance—are burned. Against all odds, one of these letters reaches its destination: the office of Alexander Kornyev, a young, newly appointed local prosecutor. Kornyev does everything in his power 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 amiss. Kornyev decides to travel to Moscow and present the case to the chief prosecutor. But in his pursuit of justice, he quickly comes face to face with the brutal logic of a totalitarian regime.
Two Prosecutors is a gripping political drama that takes us into the era of the great Stalinist purges in Russia. 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 powerful contemporary relevance.
At a time when the independence of the judiciary and the value of truth are once again under pressure, Kornyev’s search for justice feels like a timely warning. Two Prosecutors premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it competed in the main competition. The international press subsequently received the film with critical acclaim.
- Land Frankrijk, Duitsland, Nederland
- Jaar 2025
- Duur 117 min
- Taal Russisch, Oekraïens, English subtitles
- Regie Sergey Loznitsa
- Acteurs Aleksandr Kuznetsov
