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The Barber of Siberia

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.