The Wizard of the Kremlin

Olivier Assayas directs Jude Law and Paul Dano in a chilling tale of Vladimir Putin’s rise to power.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the early 1990s in Russia were volatile: politically, financially and socially. Instability attracts opportunists - among them Vadim Baranov (Paul Dano) an artist-turned-political-schemer who spotted a ruthlessly ambitious KGB officer (Jude Law) and saw a different future for Russia.

Adapted from Giuliano da Empoli’s award-winning novel of the same name, Assayas’ political drama weaves fact and fiction together, and features an impressive cast alongside Dano and Law, including Alicia Vikander, Jeffrey Wright and Tom Sturridge.