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.
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MOVIE INFORMATIONRelease Date: January 21, 2026
Genres: Drama
Type: Movie
Country: France, United States of America, United Kingdom
Language: English, Pусский
Subtitle Language: English
Runtime: 145 minutes
Writer: Olivier Assayas, Emmanuel Carrère
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast
Paul Dano (Vadim Baranov)
Jude Law (Vladimir Putin)
Alicia Vikander (Ksenia)
Tom Sturridge (Dmitri Sidorov)
Jeffrey Wright (Rowland)
Kaspars Kambala (Alexander Zaldostanov)
Andris Keišs (Yevgeny Prigozhin)
Magne-Håvard Brekke (Eduard Limonov)
Matthew Baunsgard (Larry)
Dan Cade (Agent Johnson)
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