Jude Law appears as Vladimir Putin

A famous British actor has portrayed the Russian leader in a new film by French director Olivier Assayas. What do we know about the picture?

As Variety reports, "The Wizard of the Kremlin," based on Giuliano da Empoli's book, marks the French filmmaker's first English-language feature. The novel is a work of fiction that depicts Putin's rise to power through the efforts of a political strategist named Vadim Baranov.

Jude Law as Putin — Jude Law played Vladimir Putin

According to the director, he and screenwriter Emmanuel Carrère deliberately created even more fictional scenes for the film to, among other things, expand the character of Baranov's love interest, played by Alicia Vikander. In short, the film shouldn't be viewed as a biography of Vladimir Putin. The zoomboola.com editorial team wants to add that the first still from the film, which they hope to present at the Cannes Film Festival, has appeared in the press. It shows Jude Law as Putin, and the resemblance between the actor and the original is unmistakable. This is achieved through skillful makeup and artistic talent: Law precisely captures the Russian president's facial expressions.