The Death of a Prosecutor

Usman Saparov's crime drama The Death of a Prosecutor (1991) is one to watch online on iFILM. Prosecutor Halima Bazieva is working a murder case when a thug nicknamed Black hands her a cassette tape.

The recording exposes a local mafia whose people sit everywhere — from the police to the top of the government. The odds are stacked against her from the start, and every move could be her last. She refuses to back down. Tamara Shakirova takes the lead.

Central Asian cinema of the early 90s rarely named corruption this bluntly: one prosecutor against the whole machine, with no promise of a happy ending. A hard, no-frills story for fans of honest crime drama. Stream The Death of a Prosecutor (1991) online on iFILM.