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The Wizard of the Kremlin

The Wizard of the Kremlin (2025)★ 6.1/10

FR,US · 152 min · August 31, 2025

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • History
  • Biography

Directed by: Olivier Assayas

Written by: Giuliano Da Empoli, Olivier Assayas, Emmanuel Carrère

A filmmaker is drawn into power’s orbit during Putin’s rise in post-Soviet Russia.

Directed by

Olivier Assayas

Written by

Giuliano Da EmpoliOlivier AssayasEmmanuel Carrère

Cast & crew

Paul DanoVadim BaranovAlicia VikanderKseniaTom SturridgeDmitri SidorovWill KeenBoris BerezovskyJeffrey WrightRowlandJude LawVladimir PutinAndrei ZayatsIgor SechineKaspars KambalaAlexander ZaldostanovAndris KeissYevgeny PrigozhinGeorge SogisBoris YeltsinMagne-Håvard BrekkeEduard LimonovEmmanuel CarrèreEdouard VercambreElisa LasowskiMarylèneMarija LinarteAnastasia ChekhovaDmitry KrupnikovBaranov's fatherDmitryi TurchaninovGarry KasparovInts IndriksonsBadriEgons DombrovskisSt Petersburg friendVadim NikolaychukDmitry MedvedevKaspars KarklinsWhite House officialClément GyselinckMan-dogRudolfs RacenajsTheater student #1Santa BreiksaTheater student #2Sandis RungeWasted young manSasha KomarovaPlatinum blond girlEvisa PetrovskaButch womanDarta DanevicaTV Producer #1Anta AizupeTV Producer #2Marcis LacisExecutive #1Ivars AuzinsExecutive #2Rodion KuzminExecutive #3Tom J. BenedictMedia-Most #1Romuald LavrynovicMedia-Most #2Juhan UlfsakJournalist Kursk #1Olga IpatovaJournalist Kursk #2Dainis GrubeJournalist Kursk #3Elizabeth Maria BranteTV JournalistHenrijs ArajsAntonArturs SolmanisBaranov 12yrs oldVaidotas MartinaitisBaranov's father's driverHelen OmarAnjaLija ArsenevaBabaVarvara ChekhsGreeterNiklavs KurpnieksTelevision HostJekabs NimanisYeltsin speech directorMartins FreimanisHead waiter French restaurantLev ParkhomenkoReporter AstanaVaris PinkisHelicopter pilotAlexander JohnsonPutin's secretaryDan CadeAgent JohnsonMatthew BaunsgardUS Talk Show HostAndreas PumiliaAdvisorEmilia MelodiaNightclub dancerKristina MatiakhNightclub dancerKsenija LitvinoskajaNightclub dancerMarks SannikovsPunk bandDanila BoikovsPunk bandRoberts JermaksPunk bandArtjemijs BelokrilecsPunk bandAnton GaninPunk bandThurston MooreSynthesizer playerEvalds LazarevicsSynthesizer playerRim BravuraAccordionistKarlis AuzansCellistAnastasia SutterPutin friendPolina KarnickaGirl at the club (uncredited)Victoria Alexandria LeleGirl Attacked by Dog (uncredited)Anton LytvynovRestaurant patron (uncredited)Tetiana LytvynovaBreakfast Guest (uncredited)Sergey PodyminTheatre spectator (uncredited)