Power was the plan. Putin was the consequence.
The Wizard of the Kremlin
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Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- Olivier Assayas
- Written by
- Olivier Assayas, Emmanuel Carrère, Giuliano da Empoli
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
Details
- Released
- January 21, 2026
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- FR
- Original title
- Le Mage du Kremlin
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Box office
- $8,440,584
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