Two Prosecutors (Criterion Premieres)

It was in 1937-the height of Stalin's Great Purge-when newly minted prosecutor Kornyev (Aleksandr Kuznetsov) sought to look into the case of Stepniak (Aleksandr Filippenko), an Old Bolshevik imprisoned for having stood up to the NVKD's corruption. As the young attorney tries to take the matter directly before Procurator General Andrey Vyshinsky (Anatoliy Beliy), he'll find his naive optimism coming with a price. Intense historical drama co-stars Andris Keišs. 117 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Russian; Subtitles: English; featurette; theatrical trailer. In Russian with English subtitles.