The Barber of Siberia

The Barber of Siberia
1998
★★★★☆ 7.1/10
⏱️ 180 min
📅 Released
🌐 RU
ComedyDramaRomanceHistory
Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wilds of Siberia. Jane is his assistant. On her travels, she meets two men who would change her life forever: a handsome young cadet Andrej Tolstoy with whom she shares a fondness for opera, and the powerful General Radlov who is entranced by her beauty and wants to marry her.

Cast

Julia Ormond
Julia Ormond
Jane Callahan
Oleg Menshikov
Oleg Menshikov
André Tolstoi
Aleksey Petrenko
Aleksey Petrenko
General Radlov
Richard Harris
Richard Harris
Douglas McCraken
Vladimir Ilin
Vladimir Ilin
Captain Mokine
Marat Basharov
Marat Basharov
Polievsky

Crew

Director
Nikita Mikhalkov
Writer
Nikita Mikhalkov, Rospo Pallenberg, Rustam Ibragimbekov
Producer
Michel Seydoux, António da Cunha Telles, Armand Barbault

Production

Caméra One, France 2 Cinéma, Studio Trite, Canal+, Eurimages, Medusa Film, Barrandov Studio, Goskino

Keywords

siberia19th centuryearly 1900s