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The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026)

2h 16m · 21 Jan 2026

Power was the plan. Putin was the consequence.

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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.

Movie ID2972
GenreDrama
DirectorOlivier Assayas
Main castPaul Dano, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander, Tom Sturridge, Will Keen, Jeffrey Wright, Andrei Zayats, Kaspars Kambala
Release date21 January 2026
Release year2026
LanguageEnglish
Duration136 min (2h 16m)
Rating6.4 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseCuriosa Films

Director: Olivier Assayas
Writers: Olivier Assayas, Emmanuel Carrère

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Paul DanoVadim Baranov Jude LawVladimir Putin Alicia VikanderKsenia Tom SturridgeDmitri Sidorov Will KeenBoris Berezovsky Jeffrey WrightRowland Andrei ZayatsIgor Sechine Kaspars KambalaAlexander Zaldostanov Andris KeišsYevgeny Prigozhin
George SogisBoris Yeltsin
Magne-Håvard BrekkeEduard Limonov Emmanuel CarrèreEdouard Vercambre Elisa LasowskiMarylène Marija LinarteAnastasia Chekova
Dmitry KrupnikovBaranov's Father
Dmitry TurchaninovGarry Kasparov
Ints IndriksonsBadri
Egons DombrovskisSt. Petersburg Friend
Vadim NikolaychukDmitry Medvedev
Kaspars KārkliņšWhite House Official

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