The Wizard of the Kremlin
Power was the plan. Putin was the consequence.
2026 en 136 minutes
Rating: 6.5
Plot
In early 1990s Russia, amid post-Soviet chaos, brilliant young Vadim Baranov charts his path. First an artist, then a reality television producer, he becomes the spin doctor to rising KGB agent Vladimir Putin. At the heart of power, Baranov shapes the new Russia, blurring the boundaries between truth and lies, belief and manipulation. Only the magnetic Ksenia is beyond his control, tempting him away from this dangerous game. Years later, after retreating into silence and shrouded in mystery, Baranov finally reveals the dark secrets of the regime he helped build.
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Cast
Paul Dano
Vadim Baranov
Alicia Vikander
Ksenia
Tom Sturridge
Dmitri Sidorov
Will Keen
Boris Berezovsky
Jeffrey Wright
Rowland
Jude Law
Vladimir Putin
Andris Keišs
Yevgeny Prigozhin
Magne-Håvard Brekke
Eduard Limonov
Matthew Baunsgard
Larry
Anton Lytvynov
Restaurant patron
Alexander M. Johnson
Secretary
Anastasia Sutter
Putin friend
Dan Cade
Agent Johnson
Tom J. Benedict
Media-Most Executive
Emmanuel Carrère
Varvara Chekhs
Greeter
Kaspars Kambala
Polina Karnicka
Girl at the Club
Sergey Podymin
Restaurant guest / Theater spectator / Lobby bar visitor / Russian Army officer
Andreas Pumilia
Advisor
Juhan Ulfsak
