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Special Screening: Two Prosecutors

In presence of Sergei Loznitsa

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Wednesday,  17.12.2025
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19:00
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Cinema Paris
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OmU, DF

During the Stalinist purges of the 1930s, prisoners' letters are routinely burned to isolate the condemned from the outside world. When young prosecutor Alexander Korniev nevertheless receives a letter from an imprisoned colleague, he suspects a conspiracy and embarks on a dangerous path to uncover the truth.

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The screening will be followed by a discussion with director Sergei Loznitsa.

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Soviet Union, 1937. Thousands of letters from prisoners who were wrongfully accused by the regime are burned in a prison cell. Despite all odds, one reaches the desk of local prosecutor Alexander Korniev. Korniev does everything in his power to meet the prisoner, a victim of agents of the NKVD secret police. His pursuit of justice takes him all the way to the office of the Attorney General in Moscow.
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