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The Wizard of the Kremlin

The Wizard of the Kremlin
★ 6.4/10•2026•2h 16m•R•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.

Olivier Assayas · Writer

Olivier Assayas · Director

Emmanuel Carrère · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 16m
LanguageFR
Release DateJan 21, 2026
Revenue$8,440,584

Actors

Paul Dano

Paul Dano

Vadim Baranov

Jude Law

Jude Law

Vladimir Putin

Alicia Vikander

Alicia Vikander

Ksenia

Tom Sturridge

Tom Sturridge

Dmitri Sidorov

Will Keen

Will Keen

Boris Berezovsky

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

Rowland

Andrei Zayats

Andrei Zayats

Igor Sechine

Kaspars Kambala

Kaspars Kambala

Alexander Zaldostanov

Andris Keišs

Andris Keišs

Yevgeny Prigozhin

George Sogis

Boris Yeltsin

Magne-Håvard Brekke

Magne-Håvard Brekke

Eduard Limonov

Emmanuel Carrère

Emmanuel Carrère

Edouard Vercambre

Elisa Lasowski

Elisa Lasowski

Marylène

Marija Linarte

Marija Linarte

Anastasia Chekova

Dmitry Krupnikov

Baranov's Father

Dmitry Turchaninov

Garry Kasparov

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