The Barber of Siberia
He's Russian. That explains a lot.
1998 · 3h · N/A
Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Directed by
Nikita Mikhalkov
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The Barber of Siberia
Overview
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 and cast
- Nikita Mikhalkov Director
- Julia Ormond as Jane Callahan
- Oleg Menshikov as André Tolstoi
- Aleksey Petrenko as General Radlov (as Alexey Petrenko)
- Richard Harris as Douglas McCraken
- Vladimir Ilin as Captain Mokine
- Marat Basharov as Polievsky
- Georgiy Dronov as Nazarov
- Nikita Tatarenkov as Alibekov
- Artyom Mikhalkov as Boutourline
- Daniel Olbrychski Cast
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