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The Barber of Siberia
“He's Russian. That explains a lot.”
7.0 / 10• 1998• 3h 0m•PG-13• Russian
ComedyDramaRomanceHistory
Storyline
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 & Crew
Julia Ormond
Jane Callahan
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nikita Mikhalkov's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Barber of Siberia is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
