The Wizard of the Kremlin
Power was the plan. Putin was the consequence.
Post-Soviet Russia is drawn here as an open field for whoever moves fastest, and the film follows two men who did: a rising KGB officer named Vladimir Putin and Vadim Baranov, a manipulator who grasps that stories move people more reliably than…
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Synopsis
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.
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Post-Soviet Russia is drawn here as an open field for whoever moves fastest, and the film follows two men who did: a rising KGB officer named Vladimir Putin and Vadim Baranov, a manipulator who grasps that stories move people more reliably than force. Their partnership is the spine, and the tagline — power was the plan, Putin the consequence — tells you the angle. Across more than two hours it plays as a chilly political drama about the manufacture of authority.
Best for viewers who like their history told through backroom conversations rather than battlefields, and who can sit comfortably with characters they are not meant to admire. Expect a measured pace, dense scheming, and an atmosphere of cynicism thick enough to lean on. If dramatised accounts of how modern power gets built and sold appeal to you, this is an absorbing, uneasy watch worth clearing an evening for.
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