The Wizard of the Kremlin
Power was the plan. Putin was the consequence.
6.5(211) 2026-01-21 136 minDrama
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.
WriterOlivier Assayas
DirectorOlivier Assayas
WriterEmmanuel Carrère
ProducerOlivier Delbosc
ProducerSidonie Dumas
Cast & characters
Paul Dano
as Vadim Baranov
Jude Law
as Vladimir Putin
Alicia Vikander
as Ksenia
Tom Sturridge
as Dmitri Sidorov
Will Keen
as Boris Berezovsky
Jeffrey Wright
as Rowland
Andrei Zayats
as Igor Sechine
Kaspars Kambala
as Alexander Zaldostanov
Andris Keišs
as Yevgeny Prigozhin
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George Sogis
as Boris Yeltsin
Magne-Håvard Brekke
as Eduard Limonov
Emmanuel Carrère
as Edouard Vercambre
Elisa Lasowski
as Marylène
Marija Linarte
as Anastasia Chekova
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Dmitry Krupnikov
as Baranov's Father
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Dmitry Turchaninov
as Garry Kasparov
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Ints Indriksons
as Badri
Egons Dombrovskis
as St. Petersburg Friend
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Vadim Nikolaychuk
as Dmitry Medvedev
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Kaspars Kārkliņš
as White House Official
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Clément Gyselinck
as Man-Dog
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Rūdolfs Rācenājs
as Theater Student #1
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Santa Breikša
as Theater Student #2
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Sandis Runge
as Wasted Young Man
