Overview
A gripping tale of justice in a time of oppression, where truth is a dangerous pursuit.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- austere
- bleak
- claustrophobic
- serious film night
- historical cinema viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly praise Sergei Loznitsa’s austere staging, haunting performances, atmosphere, and quietly devastating portrait of bureaucratic deception and political injustice.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Kornev’s investigation is repeatedly obstructed by officials and institutions whose procedural behavior conceals persecution.
The film is praised for impeccable staging, stark set design, and an atmosphere of bureaucratic confinement.
Newly appointed prosecutor Kornev searches for truth after discovering evidence that implicates the NKVD.
Critics specifically identify the stifling atmosphere of the USSR during Stalin’s Great Purge and the film’s quiet unsettling power.
Films like Two Prosecutors, and why
The Death of Stalin
Shared austere historical drama, bureaucratic oppression, and quiet political dread.
Child 44
Shared Soviet historical setting, institutional corruption, and morally compromised idealism.
The Lives of Others
Shared slow-burn political injustice, claustrophobic atmosphere, and state persecution.
Movie Details
- Director
- Sergei Loznitsa
- Release Date
- 2025-10-03
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (49)
Cast
- Aleksandr Kuznetsov
- Aleksandr Filippenko
- Anatoliy Belyy
- Andris Keišs
- Vytautas Kaniušonis
- Valentin Novopolskij
- Ivgeny Terletsky
- Orests Paško
- Valerijus Jevsejevas
- Timur Ibragimov
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Two Prosecutors about?
- A newly appointed Soviet prosecutor risks everything to investigate a letter exposing secret-police corruption during Stalin’s Great Purge.
- What is Two Prosecutors like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Two Prosecutors as slow, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Two Prosecutors violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Two Prosecutors as mild.
- What did critics think of Two Prosecutors?
- Critics broadly praise Sergei Loznitsa’s austere staging, haunting performances, atmosphere, and quietly devastating portrait of bureaucratic deception and political injustice.
- Which films are like Two Prosecutors?
- Films with a similar feel include The Death of Stalin, Child 44, and The Lives of Others.
- How long is Two Prosecutors?
- Two Prosecutors runs 118 minutes.
- Where can I watch Two Prosecutors?
- In United States, Two Prosecutors is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
