Director: Sergei Loznitsa
Cast: Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Filippenko, Anatoliy Belyy, Andris Keišs, Vytautas Kaniušonis
Two Prosecutors is a 2025 European dramatic thriller directed by Sergei Loznitsa, set against the suffocating paranoia of Stalin's Great Terror in 1937. A meticulous period film spanning six co-producing nations, it follows a lone Soviet legal officer who dares to question the machinery of state repression — at enormous personal risk.
What is Two Prosecutors about?
The Soviet Union, 1937. A freshly installed prosecutor receives a confidential tip that officials within the secret police may be involved in corruption. Driven by a sense of duty that borders on naivety, he opens a quiet investigation into colleagues who wield nearly unlimited power. As he moves deeper into the bureaucratic labyrinth, the boundaries between accuser and accused begin to dissolve. Every person he approaches is either terrified into silence or complicit in the very crimes he is trying to expose. Loznitsa constructs the atmosphere with slow, deliberate precision — revealing a system so thoroughly corrupted that even the pursuit of justice becomes a form of transgression. The film asks whether integrity can survive inside a machine designed to devour it.
Cast & crew
Director Sergei Loznitsa, the Ukrainian-born filmmaker acclaimed for his precise, austere approach to historical and documentary subjects, leads the creative vision. The ensemble is anchored by Aleksandr Kuznetsov as the idealistic prosecutor, with Aleksandr Filippenko and Anatoliy Belyy lending weight to the morally ambiguous figures who surround him. The international cast spans Baltic and Eastern European talent including Andris Keišs and Vytautas Kaniušonis.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora — many of whom carry personal or family memory of living under authoritarian surveillance, revolutionary purges, or state-sanctioned fear — Two Prosecutors speaks in a language that needs no translation. Loznitsa's portrait of 1937 Stalinist bureaucracy mirrors experiences familiar from Tehran to Kabul: a state apparatus that consumes even its own loyal servants. The film is available on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making it accessible whether you prefer to hear it in your own language or follow the original performances closely. Its restrained, archival visual style rewards patient viewing.
Where & how to watch
Two Prosecutors is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Watch on your browser, television, or phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, no extra download needed. Start watching with your K-Time subscription and cancel anytime.