Summary
In 1937, amidst Stalin's Great Terror, a newly appointed prosecutor for the USSR is made aware of alleged corruption in the Secret Police, and takes it upon himself to investigate.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+23)
Critics 92Audiences 69GoodWatch 80
Tomatometer98%
Metascore85
IMDb7.0
Letterboxd · 17 K ratings3.5/5
User score6.7
Running time
1 h 58 min
A typical length for dramas, +9 min on the typical 109
typical 109118Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 22 countries, rent or buy in 13 more
+12Released
2025
October 3, 2025
Last year
Genres
DramaMysteryThrillerHistoryLanguage
Russian
Original language
Also spoken
UkrainianMade in
- France
Germany
Netherlands
Latvia
Romania
Lithuania
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesModerate
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesIntense
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
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Aleksandr KuznetsovKornev
Aleksandr FilippenkoStepniak / Pegleg
Anatoliy BelyyVyshynsky
Andris KeišsDuty Assistant
Vytautas KaniušonisPrison Director
Valentin NovopolskijChatterbox- ITIvgeny TerletskyOld Prisoner
- OPOrests PaškoCorridor Guard
Valerijus JevsejevasOld Prosecutor- TITimur IbragimovPetty Officer
- GRGatis RubinsGuardian
- UVUldis ValtersPrison Guard
Vygandas VadeišaPrison Officer- ICIhor CherniakBlock 5 Superintendent
- AZAndrejs ZeilissGuardian 8
- ASArturs SaldnieksCorridor Guard
- LGLaimonis GrincevicsToothless Man
- MLMarina LipnickajaWoman with bag
- AIAlexander IonovPale Man
- TBTatjana BindeAustere Woman
Lukas PetrauskasYoung Prosecutor- NGNerijus GadliauskasVyshinsky Secretary
- VKVaris KlausitājsZavtrakin
Dmitrij DenisiukGrumpy Vasya
Directing · 1
- Sergei Loznitsa Director, Writer, Co-Producer, Producer
Writing · 1
- Georgy Demidov Novel
Production · 12
- Carmen Rizac Executive Producer
- Kevin Chneiweiss Producer
- Maria Choustova Casting, Co-Producer
- Birgit Rasch Co-Producer
- Viola Fügen Co-Producer
- Michael Weber Co-Producer
Camera · 1
- Oleg Mutu Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Danielius Kokanauskis Editor
Sound · 1
- Christiaan Verbeek Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Yuriy Grigorovich Production Design
- Aldis Meinerts Production Design
Other crew · 1
- Saïd Ben Saïd Presenter
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