The Barber of Siberia
Also known as Barber of Siberia
1998 film by Nikita Mikhalkov
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7.1Douglas 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.
Released: 1998-11-11180 minDir: Nikita MikhalkovComedy, Drama, Romance, HistoryBudget: $35.0M
Cast
- Julia Ormond as Jane Callahan
- Oleg Menshikov as André Tolstoi
- Aleksey Petrenko as General Radlov
- Richard Harris as Douglas McCraken
- Vladimir Ilin as Captain Mokine
- Marat Basharov as Polievsky
Themes
- siberia
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The Barber of Siberia (Russian: Сибирский цирюльник, translit. Sibirskiy tsiryulnik) is a 1998 Russian drama film that re-united the Academy Award-winning team of director, writer, producer and actor Nikita Mikhalkov, screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov and producer Michel Seydoux. It was screened out of competition at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was disqualified for not getting a print to Los Angeles in time as a nominee.
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