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MONEY
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Earned back only 3% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
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Putin
"Absolute power is never enough."
2025 1h 49m EN
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Synopsis
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A portrait of a formidable political figure, unraveling the contrasting facets of an iron-fisted tyrant and a man haunted by fear.
“Absolute power is never enough.”
Cast
Sławomir Sobala
Putin
Thomas Kretschmann
General
Maksymilian Zieliński
Justyna Karłowska
Przemysław Bluszcz
Tomasz Dedek
Boris Yeltsin
Aron Jończyk
Michał Karmowski
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Patryk Vega
- Writers
- Patryk Vega
- Languages
- Russian, English
- Countries
- Poland
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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ERA
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Released last year.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Russian, English.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Patryk Vega, shot by Michał Gościk. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Łukasz Targosz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Tomasz Widarski shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Sławomir Sobala and Thomas Kretschmann and Maksymilian Zieliński carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Absolute power is never enough.".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Patryk Vega directs. Michał Gościk behind the camera. Łukasz Targosz scores. Tomasz Widarski cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Poland. Dialogue in Russian, English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Earned back only 3% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 2Released last year.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Russian, English.
- 4Directed by Patryk Vega, shot by Michał Gościk. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Łukasz Targosz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Tomasz Widarski shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Sławomir Sobala and Thomas Kretschmann and Maksymilian Zieliński carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "Absolute power is never enough.".
- 9IMDB entry: tt20414834 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Only 58 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 11Classified under 15 themes, including "artificial intelligence (a.i.)", "1970s", "troubled childhood", "revisionist history".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Michał Gościk
- Original score
- Łukasz Targosz
- Editing
- Tomasz Widarski
- Costume design
- Małgorzata Bednarek-Chumakou
- Makeup / hair
- Maja Łukaszewicz
- Runtime
- 109 min · 1h 49m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Box office
- $428,925
- Return
- 3% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- IMDB
- Putin (2025)
Also by
Patryk Vega
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Production companies
Who made it
- HO
Horizon Events
- AI
AIO
Key crew
- EditorTomasz Widarski
- Costume DesignMałgorzata Bednarek-Chumakou
- SoundMaciej Pawłowski
- SoundPiotr Lasota
- Makeup ArtistMaja Łukaszewicz
- Makeup ArtistJustyna Zaranek
- CastingNancy Bishop
- ProducerPatryk Vega
- CastingAleksander Calski
- CastingJoanna Ślesicka
- CastingKatarzyna Nowak
- CastingMaja Łuba
- CastingMaja Łuba
- Second Unit DirectorKarolina Puss
- GripMariusz Drążyk
- GripMarcin Cybula
- GripPawel Lipski
- Camera OperatorMichał Gościk
- Second Unit Director of PhotographyWiktor Jan Suskiewicz
- Camera OperatorWiktor Jan Suskiewicz
- Second Unit Director of PhotographyKonrad Goszczyński
- Second Unit Director of PhotographyKrystian Stępień
- Camera OperatorBogusław Jarzyński
- GafferArtur Buczyński
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- 1970s
- troubled childhood
- revisionist history
- rise to power
- historical drama
- vladimir putin
- 1980s
- 1960s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- independent film
- fictionalized history
- political drama
- cgi effects
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2025-01-10R
Also known as
International titles
- The Vor in LawUS
- 普京CN
