The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026)

Name: The Wizard of the Kremlin
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026-01-21
Duration: 136 min
Cast: Paul Dano, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander, Tom Sturridge, Will Keen

Power was the plan. Putin was the consequence.

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.

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Released 2026-01-21 · 136 min · Drama

Directed by Olivier Assayas

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
Elisa Lasowski as Marylène
Marija Linarte as Anastasia Chekova
Dmitry Krupnikov as Baranov's Father