The Wizard of the Kremlin

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. Putin and Baranov’s reign of chaos begins with lies and corruption, and quickly escalates to assassinations, tyranny, and eventually all-out war.

Cast

Paul Dano

Paul Dano

as Vadim Baranov

Jude Law

Jude Law

as Vladimir Putin

Alicia Vikander

Alicia Vikander

as Ksenia

Tom Sturridge

Tom Sturridge

as Dmitri Sidorov

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

as Rowland

Kaspars Kambala

Kaspars Kambala

as Alexander Zaldostanov

Andris Keišs

Andris Keišs

as Yevgeny Prigozhin

Magne-Håvard Brekke

Magne-Håvard Brekke

as Eduard Limonov

Matthew Baunsgard

Matthew Baunsgard

as Larry

Dan Cade

Dan Cade

as Agent Johnson

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 a...

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