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Feature film — 1998

The Barber of Siberia (1998)

7.13h 0mComedy — Drama — Romance — History

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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A high-signal pick with 166 votes.

Camera One / France 2 Cinéma / Studio Trite / Canal+ / Eurimages / Medusa Film / Barrandov Studio / Goskino

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Director: Nikita Mikhalkov

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Cast & crew

Julia Ormond as Jane Callahan

Julia Ormond

Jane Callahan

Oleg Menshikov as André Tolstoi

Oleg Menshikov

André Tolstoi

Aleksey Petrenko as General Radlov

Aleksey Petrenko

General Radlov

Richard Harris as Douglas McCraken

Richard Harris

Douglas McCraken

Vladimir Ilin as Captain Mokine

Vladimir Ilin

Captain Mokine

Marat Basharov as Polievsky

Marat Basharov

Polievsky

Georgiy Dronov as Nazarov

Georgiy Dronov

Nazarov

Nikita Tatarenkov as Alibekov

Nikita Tatarenkov

Alibekov

Artyom Mikhalkov as Boutourline

Artyom Mikhalkov

Boutourline

Daniel Olbrychski as Kopnovsky

Daniel Olbrychski

Kopnovsky

Marina Neyolova as André Tolstoï's mother

Marina Neyolova

André Tolstoï's mother

Avangard Leontyev as André Tolstoi's uncle

Avangard Leontyev

André Tolstoi's uncle

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