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The Barber of Siberia

The Barber of Siberia

He's Russian. That explains a lot.

1998•3h 0m•7.0/10
ComedyDramaRomanceHistory

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7.0/10(152)

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.

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Production

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

Language

RU

Status

Released

Release Date

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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

Georgiy Dronov

Nazarov

Nikita Tatarenkov

Nikita Tatarenkov

Alibekov

Artyom Mikhalkov

Artyom Mikhalkov

Boutourline

Daniel Olbrychski

Daniel Olbrychski

Kopnovsky

Marina Neyolova

Marina Neyolova

André Tolstoï's mother

Avangard Leontyev

Avangard Leontyev

André Tolstoi's uncle

Anna Mikhalkova

Anna Mikhalkova

Douniacha

Robert Hardy

Robert Hardy

Forsten

Elizabeth Spriggs

Elizabeth Spriggs

Perepiolkina

Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Mikhalkov

Imperator Aleksandr III

Isabelle Renauld

Isabelle Renauld

Imperatritsa

Evgeniy Steblov

Evgeniy Steblov

Velikiy knyaz

Viktor Verzhbitskiy

Viktor Verzhbitskiy

Adyutant Velikogo knyazya

Leonid Kuravlyov

Leonid Kuravlyov

Vakhmistr Bukin

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