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Film / 2026
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Directed by
Olivier Assayas
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.
The story
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.
Cast
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
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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
Clément GyselinckMan-Dog
Rūdolfs RācenājsTheater Student #1
Santa BreikšaTheater Student #2
Sandis RungeWasted Young Man
Sasha KomarovaPlatinium Blond Girl
Evisa PetrovskaButch Woman
Dārta DanevičaTV Producer #1
Anta AizupeTV Producer #2
Mārcis LācisExecutive #1
Ivars AuzinsExecutive #2
Rodion KuzminExecutive #3
Tom J. BenedictMedia-Most #1
Romuald LavrynovičMedia-Most #2
Juhan UlfsakJournalist Kursk #1
Olga Ipatova-IgnatyevaJournalist Kursk #2
Dainis GrūbeJournalist Kursk #3
Elizabete Marija BranteTV Journalist
Henrijs ArājsAnton
Arturs SolmanisBaranov 12yrs Old
Vaidotas MartinaitisBaranov's Father's Driver
Helen OmarAnja
Lija ArsenevaBaba
Varvara ChekhsGreeter
Niklāvs KurpnieksTelevision Host
Jēkabs NīmanisYeltsin Speech Director
Mārtiņš FreimanisHead Waiter French Restaurant
Lev ParkhomenkoReporter Astana
Varis PiņķisHelicopter Pilot
Alexander M. JohnsonPutin's Secretary
Dan CadeAgent Johnson
Matthew BaunsgardUS Talk Show Host
Andreas PumiliaAdvisor
Emilia MelodiaNightclub Dancer
Kristina MatiakhNightclub Dancer
Ksenija LitvinoskajaNightclub Dancer
Marks SannikovsPunk Band
Danila BoikovsPunk Club
Roberts JermaksPunk Band
Artjemijs BelokrilecsPunk Band
Anton GaninPunk Band
Thurston MooreSynthesizer Player
Evalds LazarevicsSynthesizer Player
Rim BravuraAccordionist
Kārlis AuzānsCellist
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