Two Prosecutors(2026)

1h 58m

Release Date: Mar 20, 2026 | Limited

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.

Releases

Original Release | Mar 20, 2026

Box Office Results

Updated as of Jun 28, 2026 11:14 AM ET

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$11,668
Total US & Canada:
$115,168
Total International
$953,767
Total Worldwide:
$1,068,935

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Director & Top Cast

Sergey Loznitsa
Director

Alexander Kuznetsov
Kornev

Ivgeny Terletsky
Old Prisoner

Timur Ibragimov
Petty officer

Gatis Rubins
Guardian

Uldis Valteris
Prison Guard

Andris Keiss

Duty assistant

Vytautas Kaniusonis

Prison Governor

Vygandas Vadeiša

Prison Officer

Ihor Cherniak

Block 5 Superintendent

Orest Pasko

Corridor Warder

Andrejs Zeiliss

Guardian 8

Arturs Saldnieks

Corridor Guard

Aleksandr Filippenko

Stepniak, Wooden leg

Laimonis Grincevics

Toothless Man

Marina Lipnickaja

Woman with bag

Alexander Ionov

Pale Man

Tatjana Binde

Austere Woman

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: France,Germany,Netherlands,Latvia,Romania,Lithuania,Ukraine

Language: Russian,Ukrainian,English

Summaries

Storyline

In 1937, during Stalin's Great Purges, prisoners' letters pleading innocence are routinely burned in Soviet prisons. By chance, one letter survives and reaches Alexander Kornev, a young, idealistic prosecutor. It comes from Stepniak, a loyal party member unjustly imprisoned. Moved by the letter, Kornev tries to reopen the case, but quickly encounters the fear, silence, and rigid bureaucracy of a system built to crush dissent. Determined to seek justice, he travels to Moscow to bring the matter before higher authorities, only to discover that the entire judicial machine is designed not to correct mistakes, but to erase them. His journey becomes a stark confrontation with a totalitarian system where truth is dangerous and innocence offers no protection. — M. Chevrier

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Fun Facts

Two Prosecutors (2026) is a historical drama set in 1937 during Stalin's Great Purge, following idealistic young Soviet prosecutor Kornyev (Aleksandr Kuznetsov) who discovers a prisoner's blood-written letter exposing NKVD corruption.