Film

The Wizard of the Kremlin

2026 · 2h 16m · Drama

Power was the plan. Putin was the consequence.

IMDb

6.1

Rotten Tomatoes

43%

Metacritic

54

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.

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

Dmitry Turchaninov

Garry Kasparov

• Olivier AssayasWriter · Director
• Emmanuel CarrèreWriter
• Giuliano da EmpoliNovel
• Olivier DelboscProducer
• Sidonie DumasProducer
• Thomas PierceExecutive Producer
• Scott WeberExecutive Producer
• Alexandra AbramsExecutive Producer
• Lee BrodaExecutive Producer
• Robert K. MacLeanExecutive Producer

Official TrailerUK TrailerTrailerExclusively In Cinemas April 17

Release date

January 21, 2026

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

2h 16m

Rated

R

Revenue

$8,440,584

Genres

Drama

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