The Barber of Siberia
“He's Russian. That explains a lot.”
1998•PG-13•3h 0m•7.0•Released
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.
Director
Nikita Mikhalkov
Writer
Nikita Mikhalkov, Rospo Pallenberg, Rustam Ibragimbekov
Budget
$35M
Languages
English, German, Russian
Studio
Camera One
Cast
Julia Ormond
Jane Callahan
Oleg Menshikov
André Tolstoi
Aleksey Petrenko
General Radlov
Richard Harris
Douglas McCraken
Vladimir Ilin
Captain Mokine
Marat Basharov
Polievsky
Georgiy Dronov
Nazarov
Nikita Tatarenkov
Alibekov
Artyom Mikhalkov
Boutourline
Daniel Olbrychski
Kopnovsky
Marina Neyolova
André Tolstoï's mother
Avangard Leontyev
André Tolstoi's uncle
Anna Mikhalkova
Douniacha
Robert Hardy
Forsten
Elizabeth Spriggs
Perepiolkina
Production
Company
Camera One
Company
France 2 Cinéma
Company
Studio Trite
Company
Canal+
Company
Eurimages
Company
Medusa Film
Company
Barrandov Studio
Company
Goskino
Producer
Michel Seydoux
Producer
Nikita Mikhalkov
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