Synopse
Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa portrays the bureaucratic system of Stalinism as a claustrophobic labyrinth full of suspicion and menace. The letters from prisoners who fell victim to the Stalinist purges of the 1930s are systemically destroyed so as to isolate the convicts from the outside world. When a letter from an imprisoned colleague nevertheless reaches the young public prosecutor Alexander Kornjew, he suspects a conspiracy and sets out on a dangerous mission of clarification. Based on a novel by the recently rediscovered author Georgi Demidow, the film exposes a power structure hollowed out from the inside and ruled by the intelligence services.
Regie
SERGEI LOZNITSA qualified in Kyiv as an engineer and then studied direction at the Moscow WGIK film school. Besides award-winning, often archive-based documentaries, he also makes feature films like Mein Glück (2010) which was shown in Cannes and at FILMFEST HAMBURG. His current film Two Prosecutors also ran in competition at Cannes.
Presented by ARTE
Akkreditiertenvorstellungen
02.10.2025 13:00 Uhr
CinemaxX Dammtor - Saal 1
Info
Original Title: Two Prosecutors
Category: Feature
Version & Subtitles: Russian OV with German subtitles
Section: Veto!
Production country: France, Germany, Netherlands, Latvia, Romania, Lithuania
Year of Production: 2025
Length: 118 min
Director: Sergei Loznitsa
Screenplay: Sergei Loznitsa
Cast/Protagonists: Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Alexander Filippenko, Anatoli Beliy, Andris Keišs, Vytautas Kaniušonis
Producer: Kevin Chneiweiss
Production company: SBS Productions
Cinematography: Oleg Mutu
Sound: Vladimir Golovnitski
Editor: Danielius Kokanauskis
Music: Christiaan Verbeek
Production Design: Jurij Grigorovič, Aldis Meinerts
Costume Design: Dorota Roqueplo
Casting: Maria Choustova
Co-producer: Regina Bouchehri, Gunnar Dedio, Birgit Rasch, Sergei Loznitsa, Maria Choustova, Alise Gelze, Vlad Radulescu, Uljana Kim, Viola Fügen, Michael Weber, Cécile Tollu-Polonowski
co-production company: LOOKS Filmproduktionen GmbH, Atoms & Void, White Picture, Avanpost Media, Studio Uljana Kim, The Match Factory GmbH, ARTE
World Sales: Coproduction Office, Paris
Distributor: Gunnar Dedio / PROGRESS Film GmbH, Isabella Jahns / PROGRESS Film GmbH
Kontakt: Regina Bouchehri / LOOKS Filmproduktionen GmbH
Content Notes
physical violence psychological violence
