Two Prosecutors
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In the USSR in 1937, a newly appointed prosecutor discovers an undestroyed letter from a prisoner that reveals corruption in the secret police, the NKVD. His search for the truth becomes dangerous.
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Sergei Loznitsa's Stalin-era thriller divides audiences between those who appreciate its slow-burn psychological horror and atmospheric critique of authoritarianism, and those who found themselves literally falling asleep during its deliberately paced, dialogue-heavy scenes. Critics praise Loznitsa's subtle approach to depicting systemic corruption without graphic violence, though many struggle with the film's intentionally suffocating bureaucratic atmosphere.
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- May 15, 2025
I guess Stalin just hated virgins
djbevan613May 14, 2025A chilling reminder of how authoritarianism works at both the procedural and individual level. Sergey Loznitsa takes his time telling a simple story, letting the viewer take in the walls of silence surrounding a corrupted system. The twenty-or-so minute scenes or pure…
Brother BroMay 6, 2026Nem fodendo que o filme acaba assim, mas que caralhos foi esse final? Isso realmente me deixou um tanto quanto desnorteado e paralisado, acredito que essa experiência como um todo causa um certo tipo de efeito dramático, que se intensifica ainda mais com a situação…
DamRibeiro - May 15, 2025
Looks like a painting and moves just as fast.
Joonatan ItkonenSep 29, 2025Not good, not bad, just fall asleep for little bit in theatre.
molaaaOct 2, 2025usually I'm rather averse from cumbersome historical cinema in grayish anti-colors and obvious symbolism. with Sergei Loznitsa and his Stalin era reckoning it's surprisingly different, which - apart from the mediocre festival programme letting me crave for better films -…
shookone - May 14, 2025
La Zone de Désintérêt
Martin_al3ySep 25, 2025I have to be honest I had a hard time staying awake for this one. Festival fatigue etc etc. But as a movie about waiting, about how state bureaucracy weaponizes time itself, about how even the main character can hardly stay awake through it all, I felt that my nodding off…
Taylor WilliamsMay 14, 2025a test of patience (i failed)
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- jam jammy jambam is "meh" onTwo Prosecutors
Opening doors: The movie. Facetiousness aside, this was a tough watch. The subject matter itself is very interesting, but the execution is subpar. Bureaucracy really is hell, and the movie lets you sit in it, not letting up one bit. Points for the ending.
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Metacritic
Mar 25, 2026
It would be a mistake to seek too many lessons from the film. Its great achievement is in the creation of a timeless nowhere that is both drawn from history and independent of it. That is the absurdist ideal.
Donald Clarke
The Irish Times
Mar 18, 2026
A slow cinema treat, Two Prosecutors rewards patience, with endless waiting rooms and antechambers both a limbo state and a last-chance saloon for Kornyev. It’s a haunting, mesmerising, pessimistic piece of work.
Phil de Semlyen
Time Out
Oct 7, 2025
The film is a satiric look at Stalinism and bureaucracy with shades of Kafka, Orwell, and Gogol.
Eli Friedberg
Slant Magazine
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How long is Two Prosecutors (2026)?
The movie is 1hr 58min long.
What's Two Prosecutors (2026) about?
In the USSR in 1937, a newly appointed prosecutor discovers an undestroyed letter from a prisoner that reveals corruption in the secret police, the NKVD. His search for the truth becomes dangerous.
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