

The Wizard of the Kremlin
“Power was the plan. Putin was the consequence.”
6.5(130)20262h 16m
Drama
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.
Director
Olivier Assayas
Revenue
$7.6M
Cast
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Reviews
1 review
Geronimo1967
16d ago
6.0
I suppose to be fair to Paul Dano, he does have something of the look of an apparatchik to him, but otherwise he really fails to deliver anything of the complexities or menace in this depiction of the rise of Vladimir Putin. OK, so Jude Law doesn't exactly convince in that latter role, either, but at least he does resemble his man! "Vadim" (Dano) is an aspiring film-maker of no great skill who end...























