The Barber of Siberia
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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The Barber of Siberia
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Status
Released
Release Date
Nov 11, 1998
Runtime
3h 0m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance, History
User Score
71%
Original Title
Сибирский цирюльник
Production Companies
Caméra One, France 2 Cinéma, Studio Trite, Canal+, Eurimages, Goskino USSR, Medusa Film, Barrandov Studio
Director
Nikita Mikhalkov
Budget
$35,000,000
Description
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.