Film
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026 · 2h 16m · Drama
Power was the plan. Putin was the consequence.
- IMDb
- 6.1
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 43%
- Metacritic
- 54
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Overview
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 Dano
Vadim Baranov
Jude Law
Vladimir Putin
Alicia Vikander
Ksenia
Tom Sturridge
Dmitri Sidorov
Will Keen
Boris Berezovsky
Jeffrey Wright
Rowland
Andrei Zayats
Igor Sechine
Kaspars Kambala
Alexander Zaldostanov
Andris Keišs
Yevgeny Prigozhin
George Sogis
Boris Yeltsin
Magne-Håvard Brekke
Eduard Limonov
Emmanuel Carrère
Edouard Vercambre
Elisa Lasowski
Marylène
Marija Linarte
Anastasia Chekova
Dmitry Krupnikov
Baranov's Father
Dmitry Turchaninov
Garry Kasparov
Crew
- Olivier AssayasWriter · Director
- Emmanuel CarrèreWriter
- Giuliano da EmpoliNovel
- Olivier DelboscProducer
- Sidonie DumasProducer
- Thomas PierceExecutive Producer
- Scott WeberExecutive Producer
- Alexandra AbramsExecutive Producer
- Lee BrodaExecutive Producer
- Robert K. MacLeanExecutive Producer
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 21, 2026
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Rated
- R
- Revenue
- $8,440,584
- Genres
- Drama
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