Movie
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2026-01-21
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Curiosa Films, Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma, Tribune Pictures, LB Entertainment, Jeff Rice Films, Pierce Capital Entertainment
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- 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
- George Sogis as Boris Yeltsin
- Magne-Håvard Brekke as Eduard Limonov
- Emmanuel Carrère as Edouard Vercambre
Crew
- Olivier Assayas - Director
- Olivier Assayas - Writer
- Emmanuel Carrère - Writer
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