Film · 2026
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2h 16mRDirected by Olivier Assayas
- Drama
Power was the plan. Putin was the consequence.
In the chaos of post-Soviet Russia, rising KGB officer Vladimir Putin joins forces with master manipulator Vadim Baranov to reshape life behind the Iron Curtain, using violence and deception to change the world forever.
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Cast
Paul DanoVadim Baranov
Jude LawVladimir Putin
Alicia VikanderKsenia
Tom SturridgeDmitri Sidorov
Will KeenBoris Berezovsky
Jeffrey WrightRowland
Andrei ZayatsIgor Sechine
Kaspars KambalaAlexander Zaldostanov
Andris KeišsYevgeny Prigozhin- George SogisBoris Yeltsin
Magne-Håvard BrekkeEduard Limonov
Emmanuel CarrèreEdouard Vercambre
Details
- Director
- Olivier Assayas
- Writer
- Olivier Assayas, Emmanuel Carrère
- Novel
- Giuliano da Empoli
- Cinematography
- Yorick Le Saux
- Editor
- Marion Monnier
- Producer
- Olivier Delbosc, Sidonie Dumas
- Release
- January 21, 2026
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Rated
- R
- Language
- English, Russian
- Studio
- Curiosa Films, Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma
- TMDB score
- 6.4 / 10 from 297 votes
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