The Wizard of the Kremlin (2025)
Le Mage du Kremlin
Power was the plan. Putin was the consequence.
137 min
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.
- Release date
- August 31, 2025
- Country of origin
- France
- Box office
- $8,440,584
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Trailer
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
- Andris Keiss as Yevgeny Prigozhin
- Magne-Håvard Brekke as Eduard Limonov
- Emmanuel Carrère as Edouard Vercambre
- Elisa Lasowski as Marylène
- Egons Dombrovskis as St. Petersburg Friend
- Ivars Auzins as Executive #2
- Kaspars Kambala as Alexander Zaldostanov
- George Sogis as Boris Yeltsin
Crew
- Olivier Assayas · Director
- Giuliano Da Empoli · Writer
- Olivier Assayas · Writer
- Emmanuel Carrère · Writer
- Olivier Delbosc · Producer
- Sidonie Dumas · Producer
- Yorick Le Saux · Cinematographer
- Marion Monnier · Editor
- Antoinette Boulat · Casting director
- François-Renaud Labarthe · Production designer