The Wizard of the Kremlin

“Power was the plan. Putin was the consequence.”

6.5/ 10 236 votes 2026-01-21 2h 16m 9 popularity

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.

Director: Olivier Assayas

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Revenue

$8M

Cast

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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

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