The Wizard of the Kremlin
Le mage du Kremlin
"Power was the plan. Putin was the consequence."
Drama
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.
🎬 DirectorOlivier Assayas
📅 Release2026-01-21
🌍 CountryFrance, United Kingdom, United States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish, Russian
🏢 StudioCuriosa Films, Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma
🗳 Votes146
🔥 Popularity8
💵 Revenue$7,606,890
🎭 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
🎥 Crew
Director
Olivier Assayas
Novel
Giuliano da Empoli
Writer
Olivier Assayas
Writer
Emmanuel Carrère
Producer
Olivier Delbosc
Executive Producer
Thomas Pierce
Executive Producer
Scott Weber
Director of Photography
Yorick Le Saux
Production Manager
Olita Varpa
Executive Producer
Alexandra Abrams
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
new york citylondon, englandbased on novel or bookcapitalismsoviet unionstockholm, swedenhistorical fictionperiod dramarise to powermoscow, russialiterary adaptationvladimir putin
💬 Reviews
I suppose to be fair to Paul Dano, he does have something of the look of an apparatchik to him, but otherwise he really fails to deliver anything of the complexities or menace in this depiction of the rise of Vladimir Putin. OK, so Jude Law doesn't exactly convince in that latter role, either, but at least he does resemble his man! "Vadim" (Dano) is an aspiring film-maker of no great skill who end…
Political leaders often don’t rise to that level of power without the strategic scripting concocted for them by the little-known kingmakers behind them. And that’s what this fact-based, though satirically fictional, political thriller about the rise of Russian president Vladimir Putin (Jude Law) seeks to chronicle. The film tells the story of professional political fixer Vadim Baranov (Paul Da…
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