Two Prosecutors

The Soviet Union, 1937: The young prosecutor Kornev receives a note written in blood from the local prison. As the conscientious official he is, he conducts an inspection at the prison. How far will, and should, Kornev go in his insistence that the case be investigated further?

Two Prosecutors is an original thriller-drama about following one's own conviction and naively believing in the good within the system one defends. We follow Kornev, brilliantly played by Aleksandr Kuznetsov, through the gloomy prison facilities, public transport, and terrifying bureaucratic castles of the Stalin era, and are served scene after scene of tense exchanges, where the suspicion that prison or liquidation is one unfortunate phrasing away. Alongside Captain Volkonogov Escaped and The Death of Stalin, Two Prosecutors joins the ranks of sharp film adaptations that vividly portray the darkly humorous and terrifying systems of the Stalin era.